The Great Forerunner of the Morn (EN 2724)

EN 2724 The Great Forerunner of the Morn

Mal.3.1

Versi Version 1

1

The great forerunner of the morn,

The herald of the Word, is born:

And faithful hearts shall never fail

With thanks and praise his light to hail.

2

With heavenly message Gabriel came,

That John should be that herald’s name,

And with prophetic utterance told

His actions great and manifold.

3

John, still unborn, yet gave aright

His witness to the coming Light;

And Christ, the Sun of all the earth,

Fulfilled that witness at His birth.

4

Of woman born shall never be

A greater prophet than was he,

Whose mighty deeds exalt his fame

To greater than a prophet’s name.

5

But why should mortal accents raise

The hymn of John the Baptist’s praise?

Of whom, or e’er his course was run,

Thus spake the Father to the Son?

6

“Behold, My herald, who shall go

Before Thy face Thy way to show,

And shine, as with the day-star’s gleam,

Before Thine own eternal beam.”

7

All praise to God the Father be,

All praise, eternal Son, to Thee,

Whom with the Spirit we adore

Forever and forevermore.

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