O God, the Eternal Father

Lyrics

1. 1. O God, th’Eternal Father,

   Who dwells amid the sky,

   In Jesus’ name we ask thee

   To bless and sanctify,

   If we are pure before thee,

   This bread and cup of wine,

   That we may all remember

   That offering divine—

2. 2. That sacred, holy off’ring,

   By man least understood,

   To have our sins remitted

   And take his flesh and blood,

   That we may ever witness

   The suff’ring of thy Son,

   And always have his Spirit

   To make our hearts as one.

3. 3. When Jesus, the Anointed,

   Descended from above

   And gave himself a ransom

   To win our souls with love—

   With no apparent beauty,

   That man should him desire—

   He was the promised Savior,

   To purify with fire.

4. 4. How infinite that wisdom,

   The plan of holiness,

   That made salvation perfect

   And veiled the Lord in flesh,

   To walk upon his footstool

   And be like man, almost,

   In his exalted station,

   And die, or all was lost.