Text: | Hail to the Lord Who Comes |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Tune: | PRESENTATION |
Composer: | Sean Duggan, OSB, b. 1954 |
1 Hail to the Lord who comes,
Comes to his temple gate;
Not with his angel host,
Not in his kingly state:
No shouts proclaim him nigh,
No crowds his coming wait:
2 But, borne upon the throne
Of Mary's gentle breast,
Watched by her duteous love,
In her fond arms at rest,
Thus to his Father's house
He comes, the heavenly guest.
3 There Joseph at her side
In rev'rent wonder stands;
And, filled with holy joy,
Old Simeon in his hands
Takes up the promised child,
The glory of all lands.
4 O Light of all the earth,
To us come hastily,
Come to your temples here,
That we, from sin set free,
Before your Father's face
May all presented be!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hail to the Lord who comes |
Title: | Hail to the Lord Who Comes |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 (alt.) |
Meter: | 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Presentation of the Lord (February 2); Eternal Life; Jesus Christ(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PRESENTATION |
Composer: | Sean Duggan, OSB, b. 1954 |
Meter: | 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | © 1986, GIA Publications, Inc. |