969    L.M.     WIlliam Cowper
“He is before all things.” Col. 1. 17

1 My song shall bless the Lord of all;
  My praise shall climb to his abode;
  Thee, Saviour, by that name I call,
  The great Supreme, the mighty God.

2 Without beginning or decline,
  Object of faith, and not of sense;
  Eternal ages saw him shine;
  He shines eternal ages hence.

3 As much when in the manger laid
  Almighty Ruler of the sky,
  As when the six days’ work he made
  Filled all the morning stars with joy.

4 Of all the crowns Jehovah wears,
  Salvation is his dearest claim;
  That gracious sound well-pleased he hears,
  And owns Immanuel for his name.