The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6225

6225. The Son of Man from Jordan Rose

1. The Son of Man from Jordan rose,
And prayed to God above;
When lo, the opening heav’ns disclose
A swift descending dove.

2. The Spirit, lighting on His brow,
Anoints the Holy One;
The Father’s voice declaring, "Thou
Art My belovèd Son."

3. So when, through His baptizing blessed
The Font new birth conveys,
Man kneels a son of God confessed,
Heav’n opens as he prays.

4. Fair innocency, like the dove’s,
Invests him, purged from sin;
For God the brooding Spirit moves,
Directs and rules within.

5. O Christ, whose mercy cleansed our stain
With streams of grace divine,
Let us not soil the robes again
Made white in blood of Thine.

6. Redeemer of a world undone,
We praise Thee and adore,
Jesu, with God the Father One,
And Spirit evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: The Son of Man from Jordan rose
• Title: The Son of Man from Jordan Rose
• Latin Title: Emergit undis et Deo
• Author: Nicolas le Tourneaux (1686)
• Translator (from Latin): Jackson Mason
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Cluniac Breviary, 1686; Translation by Jackson Mason & the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1889
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Other translators also

Tune Information

• Name: IRISH
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 11512 34323 53451
• Key: E Major
• Source: Mel­o­dy from A Col­lect­ion of Hymns and Sac­red Po­ems, by S. Pow­ell (Dub­lin: 1749)
• Copyright: Public Domain