Glory to God Who Reigns Above

Glory to God who reigns ab­ove

Who dwells in light

whose name is love;

Ye saints and an­gels

if ye can

Declare the love of God to man.

O what can more His love com­mend

His dear

His on­ly Son to send!

That man

con­demned to die

might live

And God be glo­ri­ous to for­give.

Messiah’s come—with joy be­hold

The days by pro­phets long fore­told;

Judah

thy roy­al scep­ter’s broke

And time still proves what Ja­cob spoke.

Daniel

thy weeks are all ex­pired

The time pro­phet­ic seals re­quired

Cut off for sins

but not His own

Thy prince

Mes­si­ah

did atone.

Thy fa­mous tem­ple

So­lo­mon

Is by the lat­ter far out­shone;

It want­ed not thy glit­ter­ing store

Messiah’s pre­sence graced it more.

We see the pro­phe­cies ful­filled

In Je­sus

that most won­drous Child;

His birth

His life

His death com­bine

To prove His char­ac­ter di­vine.

Jesus

Thy Gos­pel firm­ly stands

A bless­ing to these fa­vored lands;

No in­fi­del shall be our dread

Since Thou art ris­en from the dead.