HAIL! Father, Son, and Spirit great, Before the birth of time Enthroned in...
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HAIL! Father, Son, and Spirit great, Before the birth of time Enthroned in everlasting state, JEHOVAH, ELOHIM!
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A mystical plurality We in the Godhead own, Adoring One in Persons Three, And Three in nature One.
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From thee our being we receive, The creatures of thy grace; And, raised out of the earth, we live To sing our Maker's praise.
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Thy powerful, wise, and loving mind Did our creation plan; And all the glorious Persons joined To form thy favourite, man.
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Again thou did'st, in council met, Thy ruined work restore, Established in our first estate, To forfeit it no more.
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And when we rise in love renewed, Our souls resemble thee, An image of the Triune God, To all eternity.
