See, he comes, whom every nation

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See, he comes, whom every nation

Author: Christopher Wordsworth
Tune: SANCTUARY (Dykes)
Published in 19 hymnals

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1 See, He comes! whom every nation
Taught of God, desired to see,
Filled with hope and expectation,
That He would their Savior be.
Sing, O sing with exultation,
Lo! He calls us to our home;
Peace, redemption, joy, salvation,
Now from Heav’n to earth are come.

2 See, He comes! whom kings and sages,
Prophets, patriarchs of old,
Distant climes, and countless ages,
Waited eager to behold.
Sing, O sing with exultation,
Lo! He calls us to our home;
Peace, redemption, joy, salvation,
Now from Heav’n to earth are come.

3 See the Lamb of God appearing,
God of God, from Heav’n above;
See the heav’nly Bridegroom cheering
His dear bride with looks of love!
Glory to th’eternal Father,
Glory to th’incarnate Son,
Glory to the Holy Spirit,
Glory to the Three in One!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16061

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Author: Christopher Wordsworth

Christopher Wordsworth--nephew of the great lake-poet, William Wordsworth--was born in 1807. He was educated at Winchester, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A., with high honours, in 1830; M.A. in 1833; D.D. in 1839. He was elected Fellow of his College in 1830, and public orator of the University in 1836; received Priest's Orders in 1835; head master of Harrow School in 1836; Canon of Westminster Abbey in 1844; Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge in 1847-48; Vicar of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks, in 1850; Archdeacon of Westminster, in 1865; Bishop of Lincoln, in 1868. His writings are numerous, and some of them very valuable. Most of his works are in prose. His "Holy Year; or, Hymns for Sundays, Holidays, and other occ… Go to person page >

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