A Child Is Born—The Birth Proclaim

A child is born—the birth pro­claim

A son is giv’n—de­clare His name;

Messiah

from the fall fore­told

The De­ity in hu­man mold;

That mold from which

God’s im­age lost

In Ed­en at so dire a cost

The new cre­ation shall re­store

And guilt ef­face its lines no more.

Hail! to His ris­ing from afar

He is the bright and morn­ing star;

His heal­ing beams

ye na­tions

bless

He is the Sun of Right­eous­ness

To save His peo­ple from their sins

Jesus His suf­fer­ing life be­gins;

Ere long as Christ our sac­ri­fice

The Ho­ly and the Just One dies.

Again His glo­ri­ous name re­cord

As Da­vid’s son and Da­vid’s Lord;

He mounts the me­dia­tor­ial throne

To claim earth’s king­doms for His own:

Him ev­ery eye again shall see

Descend in pow­er and ma­jes­ty

His ran­somed in the clouds to meet

And put all foes be­neath His feet.