Stupendous mystery! GOD in our flesh is seen

Verse 1
Stupendous mystery!
GOD in our flesh is seen
(While angels ask, how can it be?)
And dwells with sinful men!
Our nature He assumes,
That we may his retrieve;
He comes, to our dead world He comes,
That all thro’ Him may live.

Verse 2
The true, eternal Word
To us a Child is given,
The sovereign God, th’Almighty Lord,
Who fills both earth and heaven;
Our God on earth appears
To take our sins away,
And guide us thro’ the vale of tears
To realms of endless day.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “Christmas Day.” This loose-leaf manuscript is held by the Methodist Archive and Research Centre, The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number 1977/583/32). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School.
Publishing: Public Domain