All His character and persons are expressed;
Unto Adam’s sons His mystery is revealed,
Fully illustrated and made manifest.
That His Son should have pre-eminence in all,
That in His dear Son He might be glorified
Midst all His creation, either great or small.
He is very God and yet is truly man;
He is all in all, in Him all things subsist,
Center and circumference of th’ eternal plan.
Christ and His expression has His counsel willed:
Christ with all God’s fullness as the glorious Head,
And the Church His Body, with His riches filled.
That the triune God would blend with creature-man:
Father in the Son, the Son the Spirit is,
Dwelling in the Body to fulfill His plan.
Of His vast creation and His lowly birth,
Of His great redemption and salvation full;
May His adoration ever fill the earth.