'Viera' Advent Impressions No. 2 - What Hope! An Eden Prophesied

Tune 'Consolation' - American, 19th c.

Text by Stephen Starke:

What hope! An Eden prophesied Where tame live with the wild;
The lamb and lion side by side, Led by a little child!

A shoot will sprout from Jesse’s stem, A branch from David’s line,
A Prince of Peace in Bethlehem: The fruit of God’s design.

As banner of God’s love unfurled, Christ came to suffer loss,
That by His death a dying world Would rally to the cross.

Come, Jesus, come, Messiah Lord, Lost paradise restore;
Lead past the angel’s flaming sword— Come, open heaven’s door.