Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 with repeat Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Revelation 1:15 Lyrics: 1 He comes to us as one unknown,
A breath unseen, unheard;
As though within a heart of stone,
Or shriveled seed in darkness sown,
A pulse of being stirred.
A pulse of being stirred.
2 He comes when souls in silence lie
And thoughts of day depart;
Half-seen upon the inward eye,
A falling star across the sky
Of night within the heart.
Of night within the heart.
3 He comes to us in sound of seas,
The ocean's fume and foam;
Yet small and still upon the breeze,
A wind that stirs the tops of trees,
A voice to call us home.
A voice to call us home.
4 He comes in love as once he came
By flesh and blood and birth;
To bear within our mortal frame
A life, a death, a saving Name
For ev'ry child of earth.
For ev'ry child of earth.
5 He comes in truth when faith is grown;
Believed, obeyed, adored:
The Christ in all the scriptures shown,
As yet unseen, but not unknown,
Our Savior and our Lord.
Our Savior and our Lord. Topics: Pentecost; Funeral; Death; Faith; Guidance; Holy Name; Jesus Christ; Suffering; Teaching; Truth; Wisdom Used With Tune: REPTON
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