20    L.M.     Isaac Watts
Deity and Humanity of Christ. Col. 1. 16; 1 Tim. 3. 16

1 Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad,
  From everlasting was the Word;
  With God he was; the Word was God;
  And must divinely be adored.

2 By his own power were all things made;
  By him supported all things stand;
  He is the whole creation’s Head,
  And angels fly at his command.

3 [Ere sin was born, or Satan fell,
  He led the host of morning stars;
  (Thy generation who can tell,
  Or count the number of thy years?)]

4 But lo! he leaves those heavenly forms;
  The Word descends and dwells in clay,
  That he may hold converse with worms,
  Dressed in such feeble flesh as they.

5 Mortals with joy behold his face,
  The eternal Father’s only Son;
  How full of truth! how full of grace!
  When through his eyes the Godhead shone.

6 Blest angels leave their high abode,
  To learn new mysteries here, and tell
  The loves of our descending God,
  The glories of Immanuel.