An Exile for the Faith

An ex­ile for the faith

Of His in­car­nate Lord

Beyond the stars

be­yond all space

His soul in vi­sion soared.

There saw in glo­ry Him

Who liv­eth

and was dead

There Ju­dah’s Li­on

and the Lamb

That for our ran­som bled.

There of the king­dom learned

The mys­te­ries sub­lime;

How

sown in mar­tyrs’ blood

the faith

Should spread from clime to clime.

Lord

give us grace

like him

In Thee to live and die;

To spurn the fleet­ing things of earth

And seek for joys on high.

Jesu

our ris­en Lord

We praise Thee and adore

Who art with God the Fa­ther One

And Spir­it ev­er­more.