He comes to us as one unknown

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1
He comes to us as one unknown, 
a breath unseen, unheard, 
as though within a heart of stone, 
or shriveled seed in darkness sown, 
a pulse of being stirred, 
a pulse of being stirred.

2
He comes when souls in silence lie 
and thoughts of day depart, 
half-seen upon the inward eye, 
a falling star across the sky 
of night within the heart, 
of night within the heart.

3
He comes to us in sound of seas, 
the ocean's fume and foam, 
yet small and still upon the breeze, 
a wind that stirs the tops of trees, 
a voice to call us home, 
a voice to call us home.

4
He comes in love as once he came 
by flesh and blood and birth, 
to bear within our mortal frame 
a life, a death, a saving name, 
for every child of earth, 
for every child of earth.

5
He comes in truth when faith is grown - 
believed, obeyed, adored; 
the Christ in all the scriptures shown, 
as yet unseen, but not unknown, 
our Savior and our Lord,
our Savior and our Lord.

#498 in Hymnal: A Worship Book

Words:  Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1982, On the Move, 1983
                    Copyright © 1984 Hope Publishing Co.
   Tune:  Charles H.H. Parry, Judith, 1888, Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1904

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