NOW in praise let us arise, Sing the Saviour’s sacrifice; All the names that love could find, Jesus in Himself has joined; All the forms that love could take, Our lost souls His own to make.
Equal He with God Most High, Mild, He laid His glory by; He, the eternal God, was born, Object of His creatures’ scorn; Man with men He came to appear, Pleased a servant’s form to wear.
Hail! Thou everlasting Lord, Hail! divine, incarnate Word; Thee let all our powers confess, With angelic choirs to bless; Thee our every breath proclaim, Our beloved Emmanuel’s name!
Thus He left His throne above, Moved by everlasting love; Whom the heavens could not contain, Lord of Glory, Son of Man, Came on earth for us to appear, By His own rejected here.
Hail our dear Redeemer-King! All Thy wondrous love we sing; Never shall Thy triumphs end, Jesus, Lord, the sinner’s Friend! Hail derided majesty! Friend of sinners—and of me!
Charles Wesley, 1707-88