Eternal Father, Thou Hast Said

Eternal Fa­ther

Thou hast said

That Christ all glo­ry shall ob­tain;

That He who once a suf­fer­er bled

Shall o’er the world a con­quer­or reign.

We wait Thy tri­umph

Sav­ior King

Long ag­es have pre­pared Thy way;

Now all abroad Thy ban­ner fling

Set time’s great bat­tle in ar­ray.

Thy hosts are mus­tered to the field;

The cross! the cross! the bat­tle call;

The old grim tow­ers of dark­ness yield

And soon shall tot­ter to their fall.

On mount­ain tops the watch fires glow

Where scat­tered wide the watch­men stand;

Voice ech­oes voice

and on­ward flow

The joy­ous shouts from land to land.

Oh

fill the Church with faith and pow­er!

Bid her long nights of weep­ing cease;

To groan­ing na­tions haste the hour

Of life and free­dom

light and peace.

Come

Spir­it

make Thy won­ders known

Fulfill the Fa­ther’s high de­cree;

Then earth

the might of hell o’er­thrown

Shall keep her last great ju­bi­lee.