057. "He has Come, the Christ of God"

He Has Come, the Christ of God (1857) 

1.

He has come, the Christ of God:

Left for us His glad abode;

Stooping from His throne of bliss

To this darksome wilderness.

2.

He has come, the Prince of Peace:

Come to bid our sorrows cease;

Come to scatter with His light

All the shadows of our night.

3.

He, the mighty King, has come,

Making this poor earth His home:

Come to bear our sin’s sad load,

Son of David, Son of God.

4.

He has come, whose name of grace

Speaks deliverance to our race:

Left for us His glad abode,

Son of Mary, Son of God.

5.

Unto us a child is born:

Ne’er has earth beheld a morn

Among all the morns of time,

Half so glorious in its prime.

6.

Unto us a son is given:

He has come from God’s own Heaven,

Bringing with Him from above

Holy peace and holy love.

Words, Horatius Bonar

Music, William W. Gilchrist