Come Then, Thou Prophet of the Lord

Come then

Thou pro­phet of the Lord

Thou great in­ter­pre­ter di­vine

Explain Thine own trans­mit­ted Word:

To teach

and to in­spire is Thine;

Thou on­ly canst Thy­self re­veal:

Open the Book

and loose the seal.

Whate’er the an­cient prop­hets spoke

Concerning Thee

O Christ

make known

Sole sub­ject of the sac­red Book

Thou fill­est all

and Thou alone;

Yet there our Lord we can­not see

Unless Thy Spir­it lends the key.

Now

Je­su

now the veil re­move

The fol­ly of our dark­ened heart;

Unfold the won­ders of Thy love

The know­ledge of Thy­self im­part;

Our ear

our in­most soul we bow;

Speak

Lord

Thy serv­ants heark­en now.

Make not as Thou wouldst far­ther go

Our friend

and coun­sel­or

and guide

But stay

the path of life to show

Still with our souls vouch­safe t’ab­ide

Constrained by Thy own mer­cy stay

Nor leave us at the close of day.

Come in

with Thy dis­ci­ples sit

Nor suf­fer us to ask in vain

Nourish us

Lord

with liv­ing meat

Our souls with heav’n­ly bread sus­tain;

Break to us now the mys­tic bread

And bid us on Thy bo­dy feed.

Honor the means or­dained by Thee

The great un­bloody sac­ri­fice

The deep tre­men­dous mys­te­ry;

Thyself in our en­light­ened eyes

Now in the brok­en bread made known

And show us Thou art all our own.