3 I'd sing the characters he bears,

And all the forms of love he wears,

Exalted on his throne;

In loftiest songs of sweetest praise,

I would to everlasting days,

Make all his glories known.

4 Well--the delightful day will come,

When he, dear Lord! will bring me home,

And I shall see his face:

There, with my Savior, brother, friend,