Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#3a

3a. The Advent of Our God

1. The advent of our God
Our pray'rs must now employ,
And we must meet him on his road
With hymns of holy joy.

2. The everlasting Son
Incarnate soon shall be;
He will a servant's form put on
To make his people free.

3. Daughter of Zion, rise,
And greet your lowly King,
And do not wickedly despise
The mercies he will bring.

4. As judge, in clouds of light,
He will come down again,
And all his scattered saints unite
With him in Heav’n to reign.

5. Before that dreadful day
May all our sins be gone;
May the old self be put away,
And the new self put on!

6. Praise to the Savior Son
From all the angel host;
Like praise be to the Father done,
And to the Holy Ghost.

Text Information

• First Line: The advent of our God
• Title: The Advent of Our God
• Original Language: Latin
• Author: Charles Coffin
• Translator: John Chandler
• Meter: 6.6.8.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Matthew 24:42-44
  ;
  Zechariah 9:6
  ;
  Philippians 2:7
• Topic: Advent
• Notes: From the Latin, “Instantis adventum Dei” by Charles Coffin, in Breviarium Parisiense (1736), tr. by John Chandler for The Hymns of the Primitive Church (1837), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. THOMAS
• Composer: Aaron Williams
• Arranger: William Bradbury
• Meter: 6.6.8.6
• Incipit: 51132 12345 43432
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Tune ST. THOMAS by Aaron Williams, as in the <cite>New Universal Psalmodist</cite> (1770), arr. by William Bradbury, as in <cite>The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book</cite> (1864).