‘He comes to us’
He comes to us — choir, during gathering of gifts.
Words, Albert Schweitzer and Philip Nicolai, English Catherine Winkworth. Music, Jane Marshall
He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, without a name,
as of old, by the lakeside He came, He came to those men who knew Him not.
He speaks to us, He speaks the same word: “Follow thou me!”
and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time.
He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple,
He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings
which they shall pass through in His fellowship
and, as an ineffable mystery they shall learn, shall learn,
shall learn in their own experience Who He is.
O Morning Star, how fair and bright thou beamest forth in truth and light,
O Sovereign meek and lowly.
Thou Root of Jesse, David’s Son,
my Lord and Master, thou has won my heart to serve thee solely!
Thou art holy, fair and glorious, all-victorious, rich in blessing,
rule and might o’er all possessing.