Eternal God, Mover Unmoved

Eternal God

mov­er un­moved

Your fright­ful pow­er was great­ly proved

When you made all from naught.

You formed man in your im­age bright.

You spared our par­ents no de­light

And all your world was good and right

While your just will man sought.

A foe more an­cient than the earth

Who reached for your high place of worth

Then launched his fa­tal plan.

And though your law was on­ly one

Eve took and ate

and hav­ing done

Bade Ad­am eat

and in that one

All died

and so fell man.

Our foe was pleased

but could not tell

Your plan of grace for man who fell

Nor mea­sure your de­sign.

For so to point to fu­ture grace

You set apart a ho­ly race

Through faith in what would soon take place

Though veiled with law and sign.

You willed for slaugh­tered lambs to show

The way in which your Lamb would go

When ran­som­ing his own.

For though in one man

man­kind fell

This se­cond Ad­am con­quered Hell

And rising

con­quered death as well

Then re­as­sumed His throne.

Thus while your child­ren war be­low

With flesh and with our an­cient foe

Our vic­to­ry is sure.

For you will come with trump and light

And end what’s left of Sa­tan’s might

And take us home for your de­light

Eternally secure.