A child is born—the birth proclaim
A son is giv’n—declare His name;
Messiah
from the fall foretold
The Deity in human mold;
That mold from which
God’s image lost
In Eden at so dire a cost
The new creation shall restore
And guilt efface its lines no more.
Hail! to His rising from afar
He is the bright and morning star;
His healing beams
ye nations
bless
He is the Sun of Righteousness
To save His people from their sins
Jesus His suffering life begins;
Ere long as Christ our sacrifice
The Holy and the Just One dies.
Again His glorious name record
As David’s son and David’s Lord;
He mounts the mediatorial throne
To claim earth’s kingdoms for His own:
Him every eye again shall see
Descend in power and majesty
His ransomed in the clouds to meet
And put all foes beneath His feet.