CHRISTIAN SONGS, Part II

Thy love, O Jesus! is a theme Which never never old shall grow, All ages of the church proclaim How sweetly did its numbers flow:

2 Down from the birth of infant Time, Thro' Eve, Abra'am, and David's line, Thy love doth run in strains sublime, And running with new glories shine;

3 Till thou wast sound a babe, O God! When angels throng'd to join our lay; Until thy love, in streams of blood, Did all its wealthy store display.

4 At thy ascent, the spacious heav'n All round re-echo'd with this theme, When from the throne the word was giv'n, "Let all the angels praise his name."

5 At thy return, eternal fame From all the saints shall sound to thee, On banks of Eden's cheering stream, Beneath the life-restoring tree.