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EMMANUEL.(1. John v. 20.)
The Son of God is come!
Lo! the great Father by His Son hath spoken,
Yea, He hath sent Him to us, His love token;
And He, the brightness of the Father's glory,
With gladness came!—oh marvellous love-story!—
Came to accomplish all the Father's will,
And all the law and prophets to fulfil;
Came for our lost world fully to atone,
And a fair bride to purchase for His own;—
This, this is the true God!
Lo! the great Father by His Son hath spoken,
Yea, He hath sent Him to us, His love token;
And He, the brightness of the Father's glory,
With gladness came!—oh marvellous love-story!—
Came to accomplish all the Father's will,
And all the law and prophets to fulfil;
Came for our lost world fully to atone,
And a fair bride to purchase for His own;—
This, this is the true God!
The Son of God is come!
Emmanuel is born of human mother,
He took our nature and became our brother,
God-attributes in sweet proportion blending,
His perfect life His Father's truth commending;
Infinite love, might, wisdom He revealed,
And none in vain for pity e'er appealed;
And oh! the miracles that He achieved,
While 'mid admiring crowds but few believed;—
This, this is the true God!
Emmanuel is born of human mother,
He took our nature and became our brother,
God-attributes in sweet proportion blending,
His perfect life His Father's truth commending;
Infinite love, might, wisdom He revealed,
And none in vain for pity e'er appealed;
And oh! the miracles that He achieved,
While 'mid admiring crowds but few believed;—
This, this is the true God!
The Son of God is come!
God's precious gift, long promised, long expected;
He came, and lo! He was despised, rejected,
A man of sorrows, and with grief acquainted,
Bearing our sin, Himself by sin untainted;
Then, as the climax to His constant pain,
By sinners He was crucified and slain.
And yet for this, for this the Saviour came,
Well knowing what awaited Him of shame,
And this is the true God!
God's precious gift, long promised, long expected;
He came, and lo! He was despised, rejected,
A man of sorrows, and with grief acquainted,
Bearing our sin, Himself by sin untainted;
Then, as the climax to His constant pain,
By sinners He was crucified and slain.
And yet for this, for this the Saviour came,
Well knowing what awaited Him of shame,
And this is the true God!
