Hymns

Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth

Words: Ambrose of Milan, J. M. Neale · Music: Liedbüchlein, 1587, Daniel Rump, G. R. Woodward · 1851

Verse 1
Come, thou Redeemer of the earth,
and manifest thy virgin birth:
let ev'ry age adoring fall;
such birth befits the God of all.

Verse 2
Begotten of no human will,
but of the Spirit, thou art still
the Word of God, in flesh arrayed,
the Savior, now to us displayed.

Verse 3
From God the Father he proceeds,
to God the Father back he speeds,
runs out his course to death and hell,
returns on God's high throne to dwell.

Verse 4
O equal to thy Father, thou!
Gird on thy fleshly mantle now,
the weakness of our mortal state
with deathless might invigorate.

Verse 5
Thy cradle here shall glitter bright,
and darkness glow with newborn light,
no more shall night extinguish day,
where love's bright beams their pow'r display.

Verse 6
O Jesu, virgin-born, to thee
eternal praise and glory be,
whom with the Father we adore
and Holy Spirit, evermore.

Words: Ambrose, 4th c.; tr. J. M. Neale, 1851, alt. | Music: Latin carol, 14th c.; adapt. Daniel Rump's Liedbüchlein, 1587; harm. G. R. Woodward, 1848–1934

Isaiah 7; Matthew 1; John 1; John 16; Philippians 2; Revelation 5

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