LYRICS
| Meter: | 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 12
| | Writer(s): | William Young Fullerton
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1929
| | Bible Refs: | Is 61:1; Lk 2:7; Lk 4:18; Jn 10:11; Jn 10:14; 1 Jn 4:14; Rev 11:15
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 262
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 183
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 54
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 266
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 238
| Hymns for Today's Church 2
| 1988
| 194
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 547
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 303
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 226
| Living Praise
|
| 83
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 809
| Sing Glory
| 1999
| 437
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 1991
| 205
| STELBAP
|
| 186
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 751
|
MUSIC
 Living Praise
| 83
| C
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 205
| C
| Songs of Fellowship 3
| 1433
| C
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 238
| C
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 183
| D
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 809
| D
| Hymns of Faith
| 547
| Db
| Kesw
| 87
| G
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| 1. I cannot tell why He,
whom angels worship,
Should set His love
upon the sons of men,
Or why, as shepherds,
He should seek the wanderers,
To bring them back,
they know not how or when.
But this I know,
that He was born of Mary,
When Bethlehem's manger
was His only home,
And that He lived
at Nazareth and laboured,
And so the Saviour,
Saviour of the world, is come.
2. I cannot tell
how silently He suffered,
As with His peace
He graced this place of tears,
Or how His heart
upon the cross was broken,
The crown of pain
to three and thirty years.
But this I know,
He heals the broken-hearted,
And stays our sin,
and calms our lurking fear,
And lifts the burden
from the heavy laden,
For yet the Saviour,
Saviour of the world, is here.
3. I cannot tell
how He will win the nations,
How He will claim
His earthly heritage,
How satisfy
the needs and aspirations
Of east and west,
of sinner and of sage.
But this I know,
all flesh shall see His glory,
And He shall reap
the harvest He has sown,
And some glad day
His sun shall shine in splendour
When He the Saviour,
Saviour of the world, is known.
4. I cannot tell
how the lands shall worship,
When, at His bidding,
every storm is stilled,
Or who can say
how great the jubilation
When all the hearts
of men with love are filled.
But this I know,
the skies will thrill with rapture,
And myriad, myriad
human voices sing,
And earth to heaven,
and heaven to earth, will answer,
At last the Saviour,
Saviour of the world, is King.
5. *** alt 1st verse ***
6. I cannot tell
how he whom angels worship
should stoop to love
the peoples of the earth,
or why as shepherd
he should seek the wanderer
with his mysterious promise
of new birth.
But this I know,
that he was born of Mary,
when Bethlehem's manger
was his only home,
and that he lived
at Nazareth and labored,
and so the Savior,
Savior of the world, is come.
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