Within the Father's House
Words: James R. Woodford (1820-1885), 1863
Text: Luke 2:41-52
Tune: "Franconia" first published in Harmonischer
Liederschatz, Frankfurt, 1738
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1. Within the Father's house
The Son hath found His home,
And to His Temple suddenly
The Lord of Life hath come.
2. The doctors of the Law
Gaze on the wondrous Child
And marvel at His gracious words
Of wisdom undefiled.
3. Yet not to them is given
The mighty truth to know,
To lift the earthly veil which hides
Incarnate God below.
4. The secret of the Lord
Escapes each human eye,
And faithful pondering hearts await
The full epiphany.
5. Lord, visit Thou our souls
And teach us by Thy grace
Each dim revealing of Thyself
With loving awe to trace,
6. Till from our darkened sight
The cloud shall pass away
And on the cleansed soul shall burst
The everlasting day;
7. Till we behold Thy face
And know as we are known
Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Coequal Three in One.
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Notes:
Hymn #133 from The Lutheran Hymnal (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941). This text was converted to ASCII format for Project Wittenberg http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-home.html by Cindy A. Beesley and is in the public domain. For more information about Project Wittenberg, contact Rev. Robert E. Smith of the Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary, 6600 N. Clinton St., Ft. Wayne, IN 46825 USA.
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