What Angel Can the Grace Explain

What an­gel can the grace ex­plain

That ve­ry God is ve­ry man!

By love pa­ter­nal giv­en:

Begins the un­cre­at­ed Word;

Born is the ev­er­last­ing Lord;

Who made both earth and Heav­en!

Behold Him

high above all height!

Him

God of God

and Light of Light

In a mean earth­ly shrine:

Jehovah’s glo­ry dwells with men

His per­son in our flesh is seen

The char­ac­ter di­vine!

Not with these eyes of flesh and blood

Yet lo

we still be­hold the God

Replete with truth and grace;

The truth of ho­li­ness we see

The grace of full fe­li­ci­ty

In our Re­deem­er’s face.

Transformed by the ec­sta­tic sight

Our souls o’er­flow with pure de­light

And ev­ery mo­ment own;

The Lord our whole pro­tect­ion is

The Lord is our im­mor­tal bliss

And Christ and Heav­en are one.