11664. Behold The Bridegroom

1 Behold the Bridegroom! Hark the cry,
The dead awaking, rends the sky!
Go, virgins, He is near,
Your lamps all burning clear;
He enters where the rising light
Asunder bursts the gates of night.
In holy garb, with lamp aglow,
To meet the Bridegroom forth I go.

2 The smiles of earth that turn to tears,
Its empty joys and foolish fears
I leave, for Thou dost call—
Thou art my life, my all;
I would Thy beauty ever see,
Then let me, Blessèd, cling to Thee.
In holy garb, with lamp aglow,
To meet the Bridegroom forth I go.

3 For Thee I leave the world behind—
Thou art my bliss, O Bridegroom kind;
My beauty’s not mine own—
’Tis Thine, O Christ, alone;
The bridal chamber I would see,
In perfect happiness to be.
In holy garb, with lamp aglow,
To meet the Bridegroom forth I go.

4 O God, exalted on Thy throne,
Who dwell’st in purity unknown,
Lo, now we humbly wait,
Throw wide the heav’nly gate,
And with the Bridegroom, of Thy grace,
Give us at Thy right hand a place.
In holy garb, with lamp aglow,
To meet the Bridegroom forth I go.

Text Information
First Line: Behold the Bridegroom! Hark the cry
Title: Behold The Bridegroom
Greek Title: Ἄνωθεν, παρθένοι, βοῆς ἐγερσίνεκρος ἦχος
Author: Methodius of Olympus, 3rd Century
Translator: John Brownlie
Language: English
Source: Tr.: Hymns of the Greek Church (Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Farrier, 1900)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM
Composer: Scott Werdebaugh
Key: C Major
Copyright: © 2017 Scott Werdebaugh This music may be freely reproduced or published for Christian worship or devotions, provided it is not altered, & this notice is on each copy. All other rights reserved.



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