Before the heavens were spread abroad
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Before the heavens were spread abroad,From everlasting was the Word;With God he was, the Word was God!And must divinely be adored.
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Ere sin was born, or Satan fell,He led the host of morning stars;His generation who can tell,Or count the number of his years?
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But lo! he leaves those heavenly forms;The Word descends and dwells in clay,That he may converse hold with worms,Dressed in such feeble flesh as they.
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The angels leave their high abode,To learn new mysteries here, and tellThe love of our descending God,The glories of Immanuel.