Our God is come!

(one verse introduction)

Our God is come! On Syrian soil
the Child of poverty and toil;
the Child of Wonder born to know
each varying shade of human woe;
God's joy, God's glory to fulfill
in earth and heav'n the Godhead's will;
on lonely mount, by festive board,
on bitter cross, despised, adored.

Our God is come! In Christ we trace
the fullness of God's truth and grace;
throughout those words and acts divine
gleams of the eternal splendour shine;
and from Christ's inmost Spirit flow,
as from a height of sunlit snow,
the rivers of eternal life,
to heal and sweeten Nature's strife.

Our God is come! in ev'ry heart
where truth and mercy claim a part;
in ev'ry land where right is might,
and deeds of darkness shun the light;
in ev'ry church where faith and love
lift earthward thoughts to things above
in ev'ry holy, happy home,
we bless you, Christ, that you have come.

Words: Prudentius (c. 348)
Music: Stuttgart (87.87.)
Sequence: Cathouse Pandemonium, Ltd