What raised the wondrous thought

What raised the wondrous
thought?

Or who did it suggest?
"That we, the Church, to glory brought,

Should WITH the Son be
blest."

O God, the thought was Thine!

(Thine only it could be)

Fruit of the wisdom, love
divine,

Peculiar unto Thee.

 

For, sure, no other mind,

For thoughts so bold, so free,

Greatness or strength, could
ever find;

Thine only it could be.

 

The motives, too, Thine own,

The plan, the counsel, Thine!

Made for Thy Son, bone of His
bone,

In glory bright to shine.

 

O God, with great delight

Thy wondrous thought we see,

Upon His throne, in glory
bright,

The bride of Christ shall be.

 

Sealed with the Holy Ghost,

We triumph in that love,

Thy wondrous thought has made
our boast,

"Glory
WITH Christ above."