Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming
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#1 Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung!
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Of Jesse’s lineage co..ming, as men of old have sung.
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It came, a floweret bright,
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Amid the cold of win ter, When half spent was the night.
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#2 Isaiah ’twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind;
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With Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind.
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To show God’s love aright,
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she bore to men a Sa vior, When half spent was the night.
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#3 The shepherds heard the sto ry proclaimed by angels bright,
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How Christ, the Lord of glo ry was born on earth this night.
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To Bethlehem they sped
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and in the manger found Him, As angel heralds said.
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#4 This Flower, whose fragrance ten der with sweetness fills the air,
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Dispels with glorious splendor the darkness everywhere;
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True Man, yet very God,
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from sin and death He saves us, And lightens every load.
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#5 O Savior, Child of Ma ry, who felt our human woe,
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O Savior, King of glory, who dost our weakness know;
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Bring us at length we pray,
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to the bright courts of Heaven, And to the endless day!
Romans 15:12
Isiah says from the root of Jesse will spring up on who will
arise to rule over the nations. The gentiles will hope in him.