Christ the Head and Corner-stone

Verse 1
Christ, the head and corner-stone,
Thy sovereign power we see:
Jews and Gentiles now are one,
Are cemented by Thee:
Thee despis’d by sinful men,
Thee refus’d and crucified
God hath rais’d to life again,
And seated at his side.

Verse 2
Object of our joy and hope,
And admiration, live,
Till Thou take thy members up
Thy kingdom to receive:
Let us to the end endure,
Daily share thy mortal pain;
Then the crown of life is sure,
And then with Thee we reign.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The Stone which the builders rejected the same is become the head of the corner; this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.’—[Matt. 21,] v. 42.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/577, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School.Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 347.
Publishing: Public Domain