English poem
The Immutability of CHRIST Heb. xiii. 8
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
With Transport, Lord, our Souls proclaim Th' immortal Honours of thy Name: Assembled round our Saviour's Throne We make his ceaseless Glories known.
High on his Father's royal Seat Our Jesus shone divinely great, E'er Adam's Clay with Life was warm'd, Or Gabriel's nobler Spirit form'd.
Thro' all succeeding Ages He The same hath been, the same shall be: Immortal Radiance gilds his Head, While Stars and Suns wax old and fade.
The same his Pow'r his Flock to guard; The same his Bounty to reward; The same his Faithfulness and Love To Saints on Earth, and Saints above.
Let Nature change and sink and die; Jesus shall raise his Chosen high, And fix them near his stable Throne In Glory changeless as his own.
More by Philip Doddridge
- The holy Soul returning to its Restin a grateful Sense of divine Bounties. Psa. cxvi. 7
- The House and Feast of Wisdom. Prov. ix. 1,-6
- The Humiliation and Exaltation of GOD'S Israel. Isaiah xli. 14, 15
- The Humility and Submission of a Penitent. Ezek. xvi. 63
- The Importance of being prepared for CHRIST'S second Appearing. 2 Pet. iii. 14
- The Impossibility of Prospering while we harden ourselves against GOD. Job ix. 4
- The impudent Rebellion of the Jewish Refugees at Pathros. Jer. xliv. 16, 17, 28
- The Iniquity of sacrificing GOD's Children; or The Evil of a bad or neglected Education. Ezek. xvi. 20…