The Spirit of the Lord Revealed

1The Spirit of the Lord revealed His will to saints of old;
Their heart and mind and lips unsealed His glory to unfold.
Amid the gloom of ancient night They hailed the dawning Word,
And in the coming of the light Proclaimed the coming Lord.

2The prophets passed; at length there came To sojourn and abide,
The Word incarnate, to whose name The prophets testified;
And He, the twilight over past, Him self, the Light of way;
As man with man, revealed at last The Father to our sight.

3Eternal Spirit, who dost speak To mind and conscience still,
That we in this our day, may seek To do our Father's will,
To us the word of life impart, Or Christ, the living way;
Give us the quiet, humble heart To hear and to obey.