THE ONE TRUE GOD!

TH'ETERNAL TRIUNE GOD AS ONE
IN MYSTERY'S UNION GLORY MET
THOUGH MORTAL MINDS FIND HARD TO TRACE
THE BLOOD-STAINED PLAN OF SAVING GRACE.

BEFORE THE WORLDS WERE EVER FORMED
LOVE'S INCUBATING PLOT WAS BORN!
A SPOTLESS LAMB WAS FRAMED IN RED
TO PICTURE CHRIST'S REDEMPTION SHED.

THE PRE-INCARNATE WORD THAT SPOKE
AND ALL THE UNIVERSE APPEARED
WITH YAHWEH'S SPIRIT HOVERING NEAR,
BECAME IN FLESH THE GODHEAD HERE.

INCOMPREHENSIBLE THE THOUGHT
THAT ONE SO AWESOME TO DESCRIBE
SHOULD STOOP TO FORM A SINLESS BIRTH
BY JOINING GOD IN MAN ON EARTH.

THE GREATEST ACT OF LOVE EXPRESSED
WAS ON A RUGGED CROSS THAT DAY
WHEN AFTER HE HAD OFFERED GRACE
THEY PIERCED HIS HANDS AND MARRED HIS FACE.

YET ONCE AGAIN THE PLAN UNFOLDS
WHEN FROM THE GRAVE GOD'S SON APPEARS
BY CRUSHING DEATH, THE SERPENT'S STING
CHRIST NOW BECOMES THE SOVEREIGN KING.

A RADIANT BRIDE COMPLETES THIS PLOT
WHEN FROM A CLOUD OUR BRIDEGROOM CALLS
THEN AT THE MARRIAGE FEAST WE'LL SEE
THE THREE AS ONE: HIS MAJESTY!
---B. PENT