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Hail, Sovereign Lord! by all Thy works confess’d! By angels worship’d, and by saints address’d! Hail, Sovereign Lord! mysterious Wisdom! hail; In whom the Father and His fulness dwell. In whom the Godhead and the man unite, Stamp of His form, and glory of His light! In whom complete, in Thee completed shine, The God incarnate, and the man divine. Mysterious truth! withheld from reason’s eye; Outcast on earth! but loftiest on high! Hail, wondrous cross!—yet how more wondrous He That cross who bore!—Thyself its mystery!— And borne for man!—a greater mystery still; So great Thy love, and love’s mysterious will!
Hail, Sovereign Lord! by all Thy works confess’d! By angels worship’d, and by saints address’d! Hail, Sovereign Lord! mysterious Wisdom! hail; In whom the Father and His fulness dwell. In whom the Godhead and the man unite, Stamp of His form, and glory of His light! In whom complete, in Thee completed shine, The God incarnate, and the man divine. Mysterious truth! withheld from reason’s eye; Outcast on earth! but loftiest on high! Hail, wondrous cross!—yet how more wondrous He That cross who bore!—Thyself its mystery!— And borne for man!—a greater mystery still; So great Thy love, and love’s mysterious will!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Peronnet (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 412 · printed citation: Peronnet · subject: MYSTERY
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