Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Behold the woman's promised seed
Topic: Christ/His Nativity
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Park Street
Hymn Number: 68
Page Number: 028, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBehold the woman's promised seed!
Behold the great Messiah come!
Behold the prophets all agreed
To give him the superior room!
Abrah'm, the saint, rejoiced of old,
When visions of the Lord he saw;
Moses, the man of God, foretold
This great fulfiller of his law.
The types bore witness to his name,
Obtained their chief design, and ceased--
The incense and the bleeding lamb,
The ark, the altar, and the priest.
Predictions in abundance join
To pour their witness on his head:
Jesus, we bow before thy throne,
And own thee as the promised seed.