You help make Hymnary.org possible.

In 2025, more than 10 million people from 200+ countries found hymns, liturgical resources, and encouragement here. If Hymnary has meant something to you this year, would you take a moment to help sustain it? A gift of any size — and a note of encouragement, if you'd like to share one — directly supports the server costs, research, and curation that keep this resource freely available to the world.

Give securely online today, or mail a check to:
Hymnary.org (c/o Calvin University)
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Thank you for being part of this important online ministry resource.

True God and Yet a Man

True God and yet a Man?

Tune: DIVINE PARADOX
Published in 2 hymnals


Representative Text

1 True God and yet a Man?
True maid and yet a mother?
Thought wonders how thought can
Conceive one or the other.

2 A God and can He die?
A dead Man, can He live?
What can thought well reply?
What reason reason give?

3 God, truth itself does teach;
Our thoughts sink too far under
For reason's pow'r to reach.
Believe and leave to wonder!

Source: Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #269

Text Information

First Line: True God and yet a Man?
Title: True God and Yet a Man
Meter: 6.7.6.7
Source: English, 15th cent. alt.
Language: English

Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #464

Text

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #269

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.