Our Morning Offering – 6 January – The Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Songs of Thankfulness We Raise
By Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885) (1862)
Songs of thankfulness we raise,
Jesu, Lord, to Thee we raise
manifested by the star
to the sages from afar,
Branch of royal David’s stem
in Thy birth at Bethlehem.
Anthems be to Thee addressed,
God in man made manifest.
Manifest at Jordan’s stream,
Prophet, Priest and King supreme,
and at Cana wedding-guest
in Thy Godhead manifest,
manifest in power divine,
changing water into wine.
Anthems be to Thee addressed,
God in man made manifest.
Grant us grace to see Thee, Lord,
Mirrored in Thy holy Word.
May we imitate Thee now
And be pure, as pure art Thou,
That we like to Thee may be,
At Thy great Epiphany
And may praise Thee, ever blessed,
God in flesh made manifest.
Anthems be to Thee addressed,
God in man made manifest.
Sun and moon shall darkened be,
stars shall fall, the heavens shall flee.
Christ will then like lightning shine.
All will see His glorious sign.
All will see the Judge appear,
all will then the trumpet hear,
Thou by all wilt be confessed,
God in man made manifest.
Anthems be to Thee addressed,
God in man made manifest
Christopher Wordsworth (b. Lambeth, London, England, 1807; d. Harewood, Yorkshire, England, 1885), nephew of the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth, wrote this hymn in five stanzas.
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