Their Maker and their King.

2 He was true God in Bethlehem's crib,

On Calvary's cross, true God;

He who, in heaven, eternal reigned,

In time, on earth abode.

3 Jesus is God! there never was

A time when he was not;

Boundless, eternal, merciful,

The Word the Sire begot.

4 Backward our thoughts through ages stretch,