High Word of God

High Word of God

who once didst come

Leaving Thy Fa­ther and Thy home

To suc­cor by Thy birth our kind

When

towards Thy ad­vent

time de­clined

Pour light up­on us from above

And fire our hearts with Thy strong love

That

as we hear Thy Gos­pel read

All fond de­sires may flee in dread;

That when Thou com­est from the skies

Great Judge

to op­en Thine as­size

To give each hid­den sin its smart

And crown as kings the pure in heart

We be not set at Thy left hand

Where sen­tence due would bid us stand

But with the saints Thy face may see

Forever whol­ly lov­ing Thee.

Praise to the Fa­ther and the Son

Through all the ag­es as they run;

And to the ho­ly Pa­ra­clete

Be praise with Them and wor­ship meet.