Voices Together ‎#266

266. Where Is This Stupendous Stranger

1 Where is this stupendous Stranger?
Prophets, shepherds, kings, advise!
Lead me to my Master's manger,
show me where my Savior lies.

2 O most Mighty, O most Holy,
far beyond the seraph’s thought,
are you then so mean and lowly
as unheeded prophets thought?

3 Oh, the magnitude of meekness!
worth from worth immortal sprung!
Oh, the strength of infant weakness,
if eternal is so young!

4 God all bounteous, all creative,
whom our sins could not dissuade,
you have come to be a native
of the very world you made.

Text Information

• First Line: Where is this stupendous Stranger?
• Title: Where Is This Stupendous Stranger
• Author: Christopher Smart
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Matthew 1:18-25
  ;
  Matthew 2:1-12
  ;
  Luke 2:1-20
• Topic: Incarnation
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs . . ., 1765, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: McRAE
• Composer: Joan Fyock Norris
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Key: e minor
• Copyright: © 1989 Joan Fyock Norris