Made in the Image of God

Th’ eternal God created time, And then within those bounds He formed the earth and all therein Which to His praise abounds. He looked upon this wondrous work And He proclaimed it good: Ev’ry element so functioned As a perfect world should. Creation’s crowning work was man, Whom God formed from the dust; He breathed His spirit into him That man in God might trust. The image-bearer of his God— What unsurpassed delight! Mere creature honored by his God To such exalted height....