Lord, Who Didst the Prophets Teach

Lord

who didst the pro­phets teach

To pre­pare Thy way of old;

And by Thy apos­tles preach

Truths of wis­dom ma­ni­fold;

Teach us to be­hold Thee

Lord

Present in the sac­red page

Living Word in writ­ten word;

Coming thus to ev­ery age.

Coming in King Da­vid’s psalms

In Isai­ah’s trum­pet-call

In St. John’s deep

qui­et calms

In the glow­ing fires of Paul.

Coming bright­ly from afar

To the lands with dark­ness dim

On the ev­an­gel­ic car

Of Thy four­fold cher­ub­im.

Thus

O bless­èd Lord

when we

On Thy Holy Scrip­tures look

May we ev­er wor­ship Thee

Coming in Thy sac­red book.

So

when as a scroll is past

Heav’n

and earth with all its strife

We may see our names at last

Written in the Book of Life.