Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: He has come the Christ of God
Topic: Christ/The Nativity
Writer: <no first name given> Bonar
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 129
Page Number: 080, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHe has come! the Christ of God; --
Left for us his glad abode;
Stooping from his throne of bliss,
To this darksome wilderness.
He has come; the Prince of Peace; --
Come to bid our sorrows cease;
Come to scatter, with his light,
All the shadows of our night.
He the mighty King has come!
Making this poor earth his home;
Come to bear sin's heavy load; --
Son of David, Son of God.
He has come, whose name of grace
Speaks deliv'rance to our race;
Left for us his glad abode;
Son of Mary, Son of God!
Unto us a child is born!
Ne'er has earth beheld a morn
Numbered in the morns of time,
Half so glorious in its prime.
Unto us a Son is given!
He has come from God's own heav'n;
Bringing with him from above,
Holy peace and holy love.