1. O Root of Jesse, upon whom
The Holy Ghost shall rest,
Whose limbs thru’ all the world shall bloom
To bless and to be blest:
2. True vine, in whom we must abide
To bring forth plenteous fruit,
Whose branches, when by tempests tried
Are firm in you, their Root:
3. You are a shadow from the heat,
Which burns the thirsty ground,
A hiding place when tempests beat
Upon the plains around.
4. O Root of Jesse, day by day
To you our prayers we send.
Come now, and thru’ the world, we pray,
Your healing leaves extend.
5. We wait in faith, we wait in prayer
Until the happy time
Wherein your branches fruit shall bear
Thru’ every distant clime.
6. To God, by all to be adored,
Are praise and glory due;
To Jesse’s Root, and David’s Lord,
And Holy Ghost, to you.
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #19b
John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly temperament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >
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