Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#19b

19b. O Radix Jesse

1. O Root of Jesse, upon whom
The Holy Ghost shall rest,
Whose limbs thru’ all the world shall bloom
To bless and to be blest:

2. True vine, in whom we must abide
To bring forth plenteous fruit,
Whose branches, when by tempests tried
Are firm in you, their Root:

3. You are a shadow from the heat,
Which burns the thirsty ground,
A hiding place when tempests beat
Upon the plains around.

4. O Root of Jesse, day by day
To you our prayers we send.
Come now, and thru’ the world, we pray,
Your healing leaves extend.

5. We wait in faith, we wait in prayer
Until the happy time
Wherein your branches fruit shall bear
Thru’ every distant clime.

6. To God, by all to be adored,
Are praise and glory due;
To Jesse’s Root, and David’s Lord,
And Holy Ghost, to you.

Text Information

• First Line: O Root of Jesse, upon whom
• Title: O Radix Jesse
• Author: John Mason Neale (1846)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 11:1-2
• Topic: Advent
• Source: Hymns for Children, third series, 1846

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