Scripture Verse

[He] made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. Philippians 2:7

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns for the Na­ti­vi­ty of Our Lord (Lon­don: Will­iam Stra­han, 1745), num­ber 16.

Music: Lest We For­get George F. Blan­chard, 1898 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Blan­chard (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Servant of God, and Son of Man,
Eternal Son of God Most High;
Fulfill the great re­deem­ing plan,
Which brought Thee, Sav­ior, from the sky,
Anointed by Thy Spir­it and sealed,
With all His glo­ri­ous full­ness filled.

His soul’s de­light, His best be­loved,
Give us Thy­self and Him to know;
The right­eous­ness by God ap­proved,
To us poor sin­ful Gen­tiles show;
The right­eous­ness which faith im­parts,
Impute, im­plant it on our hearts.

Jesus, for this we still at­tend,
Thy king­dom in the isles to prove,
The law of sin and death to end,
We wait for all the pow­er of love;
The law of per­fect li­ber­ty,
The law of life, which is in Thee!

O might it now from Thee pro­ceed,
With Thee, into the souls of men;
Throughout the world Thy Gos­pel spread,
And let Thy glo­ri­ous Spir­it reign,
On all the ran­somed race be­stowed,
And fill the uni­verse with God.