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Christ — First Advent

He has come! the Christ of God

  • No. 294
  • Words Horatius Bonar.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

He has come! the Christ of God
Left for us his glad abode,
Stooping from his throne of bliss
To this darksome wilderness.
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.

2

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!
He has come, whose name of grace
Speaks deliverance to our race;
Left for us his glad abode;
Son of Mary, Son of God!

3

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.
Unto us a Son is given!
He has come from God's own heaven,
Bringing with him from above
Holy peace and holy love.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «294» (large) at the foot of the left column of p. 96, below hymn 293, on the same line as the reference line «828, 464, 901.» in italics (= sung to the tunes of hymns 828, 464 or 901); stanza 1 begins in the left column (four lines) and continues at the top of the right column (four lines); stanzas 2–3 follow in the right column; «Horatius Bonar.» in italics after stanza 3. The first word «HE» is set in a capital and a small capital. The lines are not indented. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («come !», «peace ;», «race ;», «load ;», «born !», «given !»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («sin's», «Ne'er», «God's»). No meter is printed (the text is 7s., eight lines a stanza, like HERALD ANGELS on the same page). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Christ — First Advent · No. 294 · printed page 96
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01