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The image of the Father God,
Lord, we behold in Thee;
The fulness of the Godhead true
In Thee dwells bodily.
Lord, we behold in Thee;
The fulness of the Godhead true
In Thee dwells bodily.
2
Lord, Thou art God’s eternal Word
With life divine in Thee;
In Thee His grace we all receive
With His reality.
With life divine in Thee;
In Thee His grace we all receive
With His reality.
3
Effulgence of God’s glory true,
The Son of God art Thou;
The very substance of Himself
In Thee we all avow.
The Son of God art Thou;
The very substance of Himself
In Thee we all avow.
4
Embodiment of God Thou art,
And with Him ever one;
In Thee is God expressed to us
Beyond comparison.
And with Him ever one;
In Thee is God expressed to us
Beyond comparison.
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God we enjoy in Thee, dear Lord,
As life and everything;
To Thee and God our heartfelt thanks
And praise we’ll ever bring.
As life and everything;
To Thee and God our heartfelt thanks
And praise we’ll ever bring.
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Storrs, Connecticut, United States
George Nelson Allen was born in Mansfield, Mass. , September 7, 1812, and lived at Oberlin, OH. It was there he composed the tune named “Maitland, ” and compiled the Social and Sabbath Hymn-book— besides songs for the Western Bell, published by Oliver Ditson and Co. He died in Cincinnati, December 9, 1877.