ELHB Hymn 137
The Advent of our God
Charles Coffin
Hymn Text
137. The Advent of our God
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1 The Advent of our God
Our prayers must now employ,
And we must meet Him on His road
With hymns of holy joy.
Our prayers must now employ,
And we must meet Him on His road
With hymns of holy joy.
2 The everlasting Son
Incarnate deigns to be:
Himself a servant's form puts on,
To set His people free.
Incarnate deigns to be:
Himself a servant's form puts on,
To set His people free.
3 Daughter of Zion, rise
And greet thy lowly King,
And do not wickedly despise
The mercies He will bring.
And greet thy 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 heaven to reign.
He will come down again,
And all His scattered saints unite
With Him in heaven to reign.
5 Before that dreadful day
May all our sins be gone;
May the old man be put away,
And the new man put on!
May all our sins be gone;
May the old man be put away,
And the new man put on!
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #137