Tune: Gonfalon Royal
(\'The royal banners forward go\')
Colossians 1 v.15-18
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Christ, image of the invisible
God, first in rank o\'er creatures all
For by Him were all created
Not left to chance or mere fated
All things that are in heaven and earth
Visible, invisible, worth
He gave to all, deeds by God done
He working true through Christ His Son
And too made thrones and dominions
Rulers, authorities, each one
By Him and for Him all were made
His wonders to us here displayed
And He is before all things, see
And by Him all things consist, be
He is the head of the body
The church, in him it grows strong, free
He is the beginning, firstborn
From the dead on first Easter morn
That in all things pre-eminence
He may have, and forever hence