| 1Nature with open volume stands,
 To spread its Maker’s praise abroad;
 And every labor of His hands
 Shows something worthy of our God.
 2But in the grace that rescued us
 His brightest form of glory shines;
 ‘Tis fairest drawn upon the cross
 In precious blood and crimson lines.
 3Here His whole name appears complete.
 Nor wit can guess, nor reason prove,
 Which of the letters best is writ,
 The pow’r, the wisdom, or the love.
 4We would forever speak His name
 In sounds to mortal ears unknown,
 With angels join to praise the Lamb,
 And worship at His Father’s throne.
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