The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6909

6909. The True Messiah Now Appears

1. The true Messiah now appears,
The types are all withdrawn;
So fly the shadows and the stars
Before the rising dawn.

2. No smoking sweets, nor bleeding lambs,
Nor kid nor bullock slain;
Incense and spice of costly names
Would all be burnt in vain.

3. Aaron must lay his robes away,
His miter and his vest,
When God Himself comes down to be
The offering and the priest.

4. He took our mortal flesh to show
The wonders of His love;
For us He paid His life below,
And prays for us above.

5. Father, He cries, forgive their sins,
For I Myself have died;
And then He shows His opened veins
And pleads His wounded side.

Text Information

• First Line: The true Messiah now appears
• Title: The True Messiah Now Appears
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707-9)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-9, Book II, number 12
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ARMENIA
• Composer: Sylvanus Billings Pond (1836)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 11712 22123 23217
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: The Musical Miscellany, edited by Thomas Hastings & Ezra Collier (New York: 1836)
• Copyright: Public Domain