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SHILOH FORETOLD. |
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SHILOH FORETOLD.
“The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering
of the people be.”
—Genesis, xlix. 10.
'Twas thus, with clear prophetic eye
The dying patriarch from afar
Beheld in Bethlehem's cloudless sky
The rising of the eastern star.
The dying patriarch from afar
Beheld in Bethlehem's cloudless sky
The rising of the eastern star.
That Star has risen; its light has shone
From Calvary's consecrated hill,
Eternal God! thy power alone
Its promis'd glory can fulfil.
From Calvary's consecrated hill,
Eternal God! thy power alone
Its promis'd glory can fulfil.
Thou gatherest, none can scatter wide;
Thou scatterest, from thy fold we stray;
Thy Spirit to that fold must guide,
Thy Son the Light, the Life, the Way!
Thou scatterest, from thy fold we stray;
Thy Spirit to that fold must guide,
Thy Son the Light, the Life, the Way!
The kingly sceptre, regal crown
From Judah's outward tribe have past,
Each relique of his old renown
Low at Immanuel's footstool cast.
From Judah's outward tribe have past,
Each relique of his old renown
Low at Immanuel's footstool cast.
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From ancient Israel's race and name
Their early honours far have flown;
Lord! magnify thy Shiloh's name,
O Father! glorify thine own.
Their early honours far have flown;
Lord! magnify thy Shiloh's name,
O Father! glorify thine own.
'Till through thy grace from shore to shore
Thy kingdom spread,—from sea to sea;—
And to thy Son for evermore
The gathering of the people be.
Thy kingdom spread,—from sea to sea;—
And to thy Son for evermore
The gathering of the people be.
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