All hail, great Yahweh God, unending praise
And worship be to you, from grateful hearts,
All hail, Redeemer King, with shouts of joy
And acclamation bring we unto you,
All hail, most Holy Spirit blest, for your
Indwelling in our lives in might and power.
All hail, most holy, blessed Trinity
One God forever worshipped and adored.
Before all time began, before all things
Created were and brought to life, You Are.
You are the only God, the source of truth
And purity and love, upon our knees
Forever bending low we worship you.
Forever prostrate with our heads bowed down
We offer you the worship that is due
To your name and your name alone, there is
No other to compare with you, you are
The Living God in whom all people live
And move and have their being, for you are
Redemption’s author by which humankind
Is once again restored to Paradise,
For Eden’s garden, once a perfect place
In which all living things did once indwell
Was spoiled by Satan’s wiles, the stain of sin
Corrupting all you made and driving out
All humankind from that most beauteous land.
But by your gracious, selfless, spotless love
You took our place to blot out all our sin
Taking our place, no perfect love is there
More greater than the One who takes the place
Of one less worthy and lays down His life
That humankind could be restored and placed
Once more in Eden, fair and incorrupt.
Sweet Paradise, upon whose shores are laid
True precious jewels, priceless, perfect stones
That glisten and reflect the light that shines
From Yahweh’s golden throne immaculate
And sheds colours most vivid and most pure.
From Paradise your Godhead you did lay
Aside to take upon yourself our flesh
And our mortality to fulfil all
Truth and righteousness, you did not conceal
Yourself to mockery and violence
At human hands but took upon yourself
All manner of disgrace and cruelty
That fallen humankind could wish to place
Upon One so guiltless and innocent
One full of truth and love and compassion
One full of mercy, grace and tenderness.
And in so doing you displayed to all
The perfect nature of your sinless heart,
Preferring to forgive, not punishing
Forever showing us the better way,
Restoring those who doubted you and those
Who in their fear denied your existence
Patiently forbearing slowness of heart
To understand your ways of faith and love.
Now you have overcome the vale of death
And opened up the path that leads to life
You have conquered and beaten down Satan
Whose days are numbered and whose time is short.
Worthy are you, blessed Lamb of God, for by
Your blood you ransomed us so that our robes
May be made clean once more, washed in that same
Stream of crimson that flowed from Calvary
Ending for all time constant sacrifice.
The wrath or retribution that was once
Appeased by sacrificial slaughter of
A spotless lamb has now been satisfied,
Replacing wrath with everlasting love
Retribution replaced with innocence.
Ours is the path of life for us to choose
Ours is the realm of Paradise to take
By faith alone in your redeeming love.
We can do nothing of ourselves to earn
These things, they are a gift of your sweet grace.
Your grace is all-sufficient for our needs
And there is nothing more that we can need
For you are all we need, and you give us
From your bounty most generous all things
For our wellbeing here on earth until
You call us home when we are summoned forth
To be with you in Paradise for all
Eternity, where time has no meaning
Or existence, for you will be our light
And our hearts will be flooded with that light
To praise you in that same eternity.
All hail, most glorious Triune God, all hail
For your love knows no bounds, it is for all
Time and eternity, the vision bright
And majesty sublime do radiate
With rays perpetual in Paradise.
Be glorified, great God, for evermore
And may the worship due unto your name
Resound within our hearts both now and when
You call us home when we shall see your face
And, faith fulfilled, we take our rest in you.
© 2019 Peter Thompson TSSF
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