(Tune: Hymns, #116)

1.	Eternally God had a plan,
	A great economy,
	According to His heart's desire,
	With man to mingled be;
	In Genesis we clearly see
	The thought within God's mind:
	Red clay was in His image made,
	According to God's kind.

2.	This human purely of God's kind,
	By subtle one misled,
	Did not partake of God as life--
	Became mankind instead;
	His hobby God did not forsake;
	He joined Himself with man;
	In incarnation He was born--
	The God-man life began.

3.	His nat'ral life He crucified
	Upon the cross each day,
	And thus the attributes divine
	His human life displayed;
	In this He was our prototype,
	Our model marvellous;
	Like Him we must deny ourselves
	And let Him live through us.

4.	With Christ in resurrection, we,
	His many twins, were born;
	As God-man kind we'll let Him now
	Our daily life transform.
	As seeds, we to the self must die--
	Enjoyment's multiplied!
	We'll bring the last revival in,
	And match Him as His bride!