1  Christ is the testimony true

    Of God in essence and in deed;

    God's glory He has fully shown,

    And we in Him God's nature read.

 2  His testimony is more full

    Than was the witness of the law,

    Which only God in letter showed,

    And not in endless living pow'r.

 3  The fulness of the Godhead dwells

    In Him, His very element;

    God's full embodiment is He —

    A vessel, God the resident.

 4  The Father God He manifests;

    God's glorious features He displays;

    In Him consummately are seen

    The Father's heart and all His ways.

 5  Christ as the Spirit now has come

    That He our portion be fore'er;

    In spirit we partake of Him

    And all God's being fully share.