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O Word of God Incarnate

TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM · 7.6.7.6 D · words William Walsham How · music 13th Century spring carol; first published in the Swedish Piae Cantones

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O Word of God Incarnate pur host gift from of est un di on God's Wis ceived the dom lamp fore furled; vine; high; gold, of make float Church Word Church, her God Thy eth from 1. O The like 4. O 3. It 2. ter nate, ner Sav ban Mas car A Be Re O ior, a dear in dear as dark earth our light, of ling to dark the Light all the of true bove world; shine; sky; old; un bear shin still Truth fore light changed, be eth that To It And O like eth ing, con na bea lift chang Thy A O'er O tions the a she un path surg truth hal their to ing are lowed life's from gems of the this o'er sea, stored; page, trace, Thee teach is is praise wan gold for Thy the the O It It We chart ket diance pass pil com cas ra By That Where That grims dering and en the to to ing to Thee O the from see guides, Christ, on age face Christ, liv age. face. Thee. Word. tern the clouds mists is lan dark rocks heav'n to and and Till, 'Mid It A ture ed, sands steps, They Still Of Shines ness and drawn our quick pic foot end William Walsham How, 1867 TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM 7.6.7.6 D 13th Century spring carol; first published in the Swedish Piae Cantones, 1916

1.O Word of God incarnate,
O Wisdom from on high,
O Truth unchanged, unchanging,
O Light of our dark sky;
We praise Thee for the radiance
That from the hallowed page,
A lantern to our footsteps,
Shines on from age to age.

2.The Church from her dear Master
Received the gift divine,
And still that light she lifteth
O'er all the earth to shine.
It is the golden casket
Where gems of truth are stored;
It is the heaven-drawn picture
Of Christ, the living Word.

3.It floateth like a banner
Before God's host unfurled;
It shineth like a beacon
Above the darkling world.
It is the chart and compass
That o'er life's surging sea,
'Mid mists and rocks and quicksands,
Still guides, O Christ, to Thee.

4.O make Thy Church, dear Savior,
A lamp of purest gold,
To bear before the nations
Thy true light, as of old.
O teach Thy wandering pilgrims
By this their path to trace,
Till, clouds and darkness ended,
They see Thee face to face.

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