Everlasting Glory unto Jesus Be
Everlasting glory
Unto Jesus be!
Sing aloud the story
Of His victory!
How He left the splendor
Of His home on high,
Came in love so tender,
On the cross to die.
Yes! He came from
heaven,
Suffered in our stead;
Praise to Him be given,
“Firstborn from the dead!”
Jesus, meek and lowly,
Came the lost to save;
He, the Victim holy,
Triumphed o'er the grave.
Christ is Lord of
glory,
Sing we now today;
Tell abroad the story;
Own His rightful sway!
Sing aloud; and never
Cease to spread His fame;
Triumph, now and ever,
In the Savior's Name.
Hannah K. Burlingham
Colossians 1:12-20
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from
the power of darkness, and hath translated
us into the
kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood,
even
the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that
are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether
they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were
created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all
things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all
things he
might have the preeminence. For it pleased
the Father
that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the
blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him,
I say,
whether they be
things in earth, or things in heaven.