When Came In The Flesh Incarnate

 

"In the beginning before all time was the Word, Christ,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself."
(John 1:1)

Kissing The Face Of God

Morgan Weistling

The Greenwich Workshop

When came in flesh the incarnate Word,

The heedless world slept on,

And only simple shepherds heard

That God had sent His Son.

When comes the Savior at the last,

From east to west shall shine

The awful pomp, and earth aghast

Shall tremble at the sign.

Then shall the pure of heart be blest;

As mild He comes to them,

As when upon the virgin's breast

He lay at Bethlehem.

As mild to meek eyed loved and faith,

Only more strong to save;

Strengthened by having bowed to death,

But having burst the grave.

Lord, who could dare see Thee descend

In state, unless he knew

Thou art the sorrowing sinner's friend,

The gracious and the true?

Dwell in our hearts, O Savior blest;

So shall Thine advent's dawn

'Twixt us and Thee, our bosom guest

Be but the veil withdrawn.

"And at once the veil of the Holy of Holies of the temple
was torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook
and the rocks were split apart."
(Matthew 27:51)

"When Came In The Flesh Incarnate"
Joseph Anstice
(1898-1836)
English hymn writer