Traditional / Arr. Willcocks: "Of the father's heart begotten"

Of the Father's heart begotten
Ere the world from chaos rose
He is Alpha from that fountain
All that is and hath been flows
He is Omega of all things
Yet to come the mystic close
Evermore and evermore

By His word was all created
He commanded and 'twas done
Earth and sky and boundless ocean
Universe of three in one
All that sees the moon's soft radiance
All that breathes beneath the sun
Evermore and evermore

He assumed this mortal body
Frail and feeble, doomed to die
That the race from dust created
Might not perish utterly
Which the dreadful law had sentenced
In the depths of hell to lie
Evermore and evermore

O how blest that wondrous birthday
When the maid the curse retrieved
Brought to birth mankind's salvation
By the Holy Ghost conceived
And the Babe, the world's redeemer
In her loving arms received
Evermore and evermore

This is He, whom seer and sybil
Sang in ages long gone by
This is He of old revealed
In the page of prophecy
Lo, He comes, the promised saviour
Let the world His praises cry
Evermore and evermore

Sing, ye heights of Heaven, His praises
Angels and archangels sing
Wheresoe'er ye be, ye faithful
Let your joyous anthems ring
Every tongue His name confessing
Countless voices answering
Evermore and evermore