DEPTH AND HEIGHT

D. C. Brown

He who held all the waters in His hand

And meted out the heavens with His span

Came near, in grace no man can understand,

To touch the children and the leprous man.

He who the heaven of heavens cannot contain

Who said that He would dwell in hidden gloom

Came down in light and love and, being slain,

Was laid within the compass of a tomb.

He who in mercy took the sinner’s place,

Descending to the greatest depths for me,

Has now ascended to the throne of grace;

Soon at His name all men shall bow the knee.

Edinburgh