The Book of Worship ‎#137

137. What is the thing of greatest price

1 What is the thing of greatest price
The whole creation round?
That which was lost in Paradise,
That which in Christ is found.

2 The soul of man--Jehovah's breath,
That keeps two worlds at strife;
Hell moves beneath to work its death;
Heaven stoops to give it life.

3 God, to reclaim it, did not spare
His well-beloved Son;
Jesus, to save it, deigned to bear
The sins of all in one.

4 And is this treasure borne below,
In earthly vessels frail?
Can none its utmost value know,
Till flesh and spirit fail?

5 Then let us gather round the cross,
This knowledge to obtain;
Not by the soul's eternal loss,
But everlasting gain.

Text Information

• First Line: What is the thing of greatest price
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1867
• Topic: Atonement: Fullness
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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