Epiphany
In His Temple Now Behold Him
- Words:
- verses 1-3, Henry J. Pye, 1851. verse 4, William Cooke, 1853.
- Music:
- 'Westminster Abbey' Henry Purcell, circa 1692.
- Setting:
- Ernest Hawkins, 1843.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 8 7
- 1In His temple now behold Him,See the long expected Lord;Ancient prophets had foretold Him;God has now fulfilled His word.Now to praise Him, His redeemèdShall break forth with one accord.
- 2In the arms of her who bore Him,Virgin pure, behold Him lie,While his agèd saints adore HimEre in faith and hope they die.Hallelujah! Hallelujah!Lo, th'incarnate God most high.
- 3Jesus, by Thy presentation,Thou, who didst for us endure,Make us see our great salvation,Seal us with Thy promise sure.And present us in Thy gloryTo Thy Father, cleansed and pure.
- 4Prince and Author of salvation,Be Thy boundless love our theme!Jesus, praise to Thee be givenBy the world Thou didst redeem.With the Father and the Spirit,Lord of majesty supreme!
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- Written in 1851, the words are in 54 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Westminster Abbey, is in 111 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.