Behold! the Ambassador Divine

Behold! the Am­bas­sa­dor di­vine

Descending from ab­ove

To pub­lish to man­kind the law

Of ev­er­last­ing love.

On Him

in rich ef­fu­sion poured

The heav’n­ly dew des­cends;

And truth di­vine He shall re­veal

To earth’s re­mot­est ends.

No trum­pet sound

at His ap­proach

Shall strike the won­der­ing ears;

But still and gen­tle breathe the voice

In which the God ap­pears.

By His kind hand the shak­en reed

Shall raise its fall­ing frame;

The dy­ing em­bers shall re­vive

And kin­dle to a flame.

The on­ward pro­gress of His zeal

Shall nev­er know de­cline

Till for­eign lands and dist­ant isles

Receive the law di­vine.

He who spread forth the arch of Heav’n

And bade the plan­ets roll

Who laid the ba­sis of the earth

And formed the hu­man soul—

Thus saith the Lord

“Thee have I sent

A pro­phet from the sky

Wide o’er the na­tions to pro­claim

The mes­sage from on high.

“Before Thy face the shades of death

Shall take to sud­den flight;

The peo­ple who in dark­ness dwell

Shall hail a glo­ri­ous light;

“The gates of brass shall ’sun­der burst

The ir­on fet­ters fall;

The pro­mised ju­bi­lee of Heav’n

Appointed rise o’er all.

“And lo! pre­sag­ing Thy ap­proach

The hea­then tem­ple shake

And trem­bling in for­sak­en fanes

The fa­bled id­ols quake.

I am Je­ho­vah: I am One:

My name shall now be known;

No id­ol shall usurp My praise

Nor mount in­to My throne.

Lo

for­mer scenes

pre­dict­ed once

Conspicuous rise to view;

And fu­ture scenes

pre­dict­ed now

Shall be ac­comp­lished

too.

Now sing a new song to the Lord!

Let earth His praise re­sound;

Ye who up­on the ocean dwell

And fill the isles around.

O ci­ty of the Lord! be­gin

The uni­vers­al song;

And let the scat­tered vil­lag­es

The joy­ful notes pro­long.

Let Ke­dar’s wil­der­ness afar

Lift up the lone­ly voice;

And let the ten­ants of the rock

With ac­cent rude re­joice.

O from the streams of dist­ant lands

Unto Je­ho­vah sing!

And joy­ful from the mount­ain tops

Shout to the Lord the King!

Let all com­bined with one ac­cord

Jehovah’s glo­ries raise

Till in re­mot­est bounds of earth

The na­tions sound His praise.