LYRICS
| 1. Stand on thy watch-tower, Habakkuk the Seer,
And show the Angel, radiant in his light:
`Today,' saith he, `Salvation shall appear,
`Because the LORD hath ris'n, as GOD of Might.'
2. The male that opes the Virgin's womb is He;
The Lamb of Whom His faithful people eat;
Our truer Passover from blemish free;
Our very GOD, Whose name is all complete.
3. This yearling Lamb, our Sacrifice most blest,
Our glorious Crown, for all men freely dies:
Behold our Pascha, beauteous from His rest,
The healing Sun of Righteousness arise.
4. Before the ark, a type to pass away,
David of old time danced: we, holier race,
Seeing the Antitype come forth today,
Hail, with a shout, CHRIST's own Almighty grace.
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