Classic Poem

IN the beginning was THE WORD
The Word was God.
In the beginning was the Word;
And His abode
From everlasting was with God.
— His name
I AM, —
Jehovah, God, the Lord.
Ever to be adored;
The eternal Son, —
The ever-blessed One.
From all, to all eternity,
The brightness of the eternal Father's glory He!

Creator of the heaven and earth,
Their Lord and King.
Creator of the heaven and earth,
The angels sing!
To him all praise and glory bring;
His power
Adore,
From which all things had birth,
By which they still stand forth
In beauty glad,
With heavenly radiance clad.
Praise, praise His ever-flowing love,
That brightens all below, and gladdens all above.

" Let there be light, " 'twas He that spoke,
" And there was light. "
" Let there be light, " 'twas He that spoke,
And the long night
At His divine command took flight.
The ray
Of day
O'er the deep darkness broke;
The sleeping world awoke:
Earth, sea, and sky
Burst forth in praises high
To Him who made the light to be:
He is the Light of light, and there is none but He!

This green, glad, goodly earth of ours
His hand did frame.
This green, glad, goodly earth of ours
Doth still proclaim,
By day and night, His wondrous name.
These seas
Are His;
Each mountain-peak that towers;
These clouds with their fresh showers;
These streams that run
Quick-glancing in the sun,
These tossing woods, these trembling flowers,
And all that men call bright in this bright world of ours.

All that has life and breath He made,
In earth, sea, sky.
All that has life and breath He made,
To swim or fly,
To creep or bound; and, in his eye,
All good
They stood,
In beauty pure arrayed,
As if they could not fade.
How fair this frame,
How excellent His name,
Who, in the fulness of His love,
Transplanted thus to earth the Paradise above!

All glory to the eternal WORD,
Earth's Lord and King:
All glory to the eternal Word,
Ye angels, sing.
Ye sons of earth your tribute bring:
His name,
Proclaim, —
Jehovah, God, the Lord;
Ever to be adored.
Maker of all,
Before him prostrate fall:
By every voice, and tribe, and tongue,
For ever and for ever be His praises sung.