When lapsed men were sav'd from hell
By Jesus' precious blood,
And wretches, that did once rebel,
Were made the friends of God:

When saints and angels had begun
Praise to the Lamb to sing;
With echoes to the song anon
Both heav'n and earth did ring:

The creatures all that groan'd before
Through man's accursed fall,
Join'd with the singers to adore
The Lamb that eas'd their thrall.

Lo! all that dwell above the sky,
And in air, earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift his glories high,
And speak his endless praise.

The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name
Of him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.

Pow'r, honour, blessing, praise, said they,
Beyond what we can pen,
Be giv'n to him that lives for ay,
By creatures all. Amen.