1 Oh, Verbo humanado,
Palabra de bondad,
Eres verdad eterna,
Luz a la humanidad;
Bendita refulgencia,
Lumbrera a nuestros pies,
Que por siglos y siglos
Has guiado a tu mies.
2 Palabra sacrosanta,
De hueste terrenal
Raudal de luz esparce,
Brillando cual fanal.
Carta y compás es ella,
En nieblas o en turbión,
Dirige nuestros pasos
A Cristo, el sumo don.
3 Tu Iglesia sea siempre,
Inmenso luminar
que pueda a las naciones
Tu luz antigua dar;
Que guíe al peregrino
Por senderos de paz,
Sin nubes, sin tinieblas,
Hasta mirar tu faz.
Amén.
Source: ¡Cantad al Señor! #32
William W. How (b. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, 1823; d. Leenane, County Mayo, Ireland, 1897) studied at Wadham College, Oxford, and Durham University and was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. He served various congregations and became Suffragan Bishop in east London in 1879 and Bishop of Wakefield in 1888. Called both the "poor man's bishop" and "the children's bishop," How was known for his work among the destitute in the London slums and among the factory workers in west Yorkshire. He wrote a number of theological works about controversies surrounding the Oxford Movement and attempted to reconcile biblical creation with the theory of evolution. He was joint editor of Psalms and Hymns (1854) and Church Hymns (1871). While rec… Go to person page >
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