From the Dust of Earth He Made Him
A Hymn for the Second Sunday of Epiphany
87 87 87 Alleluias
Tune: Divinum Mysterium (Of the Father’s Love Begotten)
1. From the dust of earth He made him,
Breathed in him the Breath of life,
And from man's own rib God fashioned
Woman, and gave man his wife.
"It is very good," He preaches,
Still to us in sin's sad strife.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2. What our Maker joins together,
Let not man try separate;
He who made them one is making
Life He can alone create.
Come, God’s creatures, let us marvel!
None His might can estimate.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3. We have seen His wrath outpouring
On the flesh who would despise
What our Maker has created,
Choosing what would please their eyes;
Christians, let us not be counted
With the world that surely dies.
Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!
4. At a wedding, as in Eden,
God in flesh His glory shows,
And His love for man and woman
In the wine from water flows,
Giving to His lost creation
Joy from sorrow Jesus knows.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
5. As from rib God made the woman,
While her husband slept alone,
So through ribs of Jesus sleeping,
From his flesh and from His bone,
Water, blood, and Spirit flowing,
Make the Bride Christ claims His own.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
6. Here is quenched our Maker’s anger
By our Maker’s love for us;
Here is found His free forgiveness –
“You are good,” we hear Him bless;
Clothed in Him our shame is covered –
Pure we stand in purest dress!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
7. To the sorrowed and the suffering,
Living still in Eden’s pain,
Give, dear Jesus, faith and patience
By Your Word, which will remain
When the Church You joined together
Will her Bridegroom’s joy obtain.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
8. Grant, we pray You, dearest Father,
Through our Lord, Your only Son,
By the comfort of Your Spirit,
To adore You, Three in One,
And to join the wedding banquet
When our earthly race is run.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
1/20/19