Of the Fath-er's love be-got-ten
Ere the worlds be-gan to be,
He is Al-pha and O-me-ga,
He the Source, the End-ing He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that fu-ture years shall see,
Ev-er-more and ev-er-more!
O that birth for-ev-er bless-ed,
When the Vir-gin, full of grace,
By the Ho-ly Ghost con-ceiv-ing,
Bore the Sav-ior of our race;
And the babe, the world's Re-deem-er,
First re-vealed His sa-cred face,
Ev-er-more and ev-er-more!
This is He whom heaven-taught sing-ers
Sang of old with one ac-cord,
Whom the Scrip-tures of the proph-ets
Prom-ised in their faith-ful word;
Now He shines, the long-ex-pec-ted;
Let cre-a-tion praise its Lord,
Ev-er-more and ev-er-more!
O ye heights of heaven, a-dore Him;
An-gel hosts, His prais-es sing;
All do-min-ions, bow be-fore Him
And ex-tol our God and King;
Let no tongue on earth be si-lent,
Ev-ery voice in con-cert sing,
Ev-er-more and ev-er-more!
Christ, to Thee, with God the Fa-ther,
And, O Ho-ly Ghost, to Thee,
Hymn, and chant, and high thank-giv-ing,
And un-wea-ried prais-es be,
Hon-or glo-ry, and do-min-ion,
And e-ter-nal vic-to-ry,
Ev-er-more and ev-er-more!