He who on earth as man was known

The Refuge, River, and Rock of the Church by John Newton


 * He who on earth as man was known,
 * And bore our sins and pains;
 * Now, seated on th' eternal throne,
 * The God of glory reigns.


 * His hands the wheels of nature guide
 * With an unerring skill;
 * And countless worlds extended wide,
 * Obey his sovereign will.


 * While harps unnumbered sound his praise,
 * In yonder world above;
 * His saints on earth admire his ways,
 * And glory in his love.


 * His righteousness, to faith revealed,
 * Wrought out for guilty worms,
 * Affords a hiding place and shield,
 * From enemies and storms.


 * This land, through which his pilgrims go,
 * Is desolate and dry;
 * But streams of grace from him o'erflow
 * Their thirst to satisfy.


 * When troubles, like a burning sun,
 * Beat heavy on their head;
 * To this almighty Rock they run,
 * And find a pleasing shade.


 * How glorious he! how happy they
 * In such a glorious friend!
 * Whose love secures them all the way,
 * And crowns them at the end.