Where Is This Stupendous Stranger?

Where is this stu­pen­dous strang­er?

Prophets

shep­herds

kings

ad­vise;

Lead me to my Mas­ter’s man­ger

Show me where my Sav­ior lies.

O most migh­ty

O most ho­ly

Far beyond the ser­aph’s thought

Art Thou then so weak and lowly

As un­heed­ed pro­phets taught?

O the mag­ni­tude of meek­ness!

Worth from worth im­mor­tal sprung

O the strength of in­fant weak­ness

If eter­nal is so young!

God all boun­te­ous

all cre­at­ive

Whom no ills from good dis­suade

Is in­car­nate and a na­tive

Of the ve­ry world He made.