Down Headlong from Their Native Skies

Down head­long from their na­tive skies

The re­bel an­gels fell

And thun­der­bolts of flam­ing wrath

Pursued them deep to hell.

Down from the top of earth­ly bliss

Rebellious man was hurled

And Je­sus stooped be­neath the grave

To reach a sink­ing world.

O love of in­fi­nite de­gree!

Unmeasurable grace!

Must Heav’n’s eter­nal dar­ling die

To save a trai­tor­ous race?

Must an­gels sink for ev­er down

And burn in quench­less fire

While God for­sakes His shin­ing throne

To raise us wretch­es high­er?

O for this love let earth and skies

With hal­le­lu­jahs ring

And the full choir of hu­man tongues

All hal­le­lu­jahs sing.