# Lord’s Day Hymn – “O Word of God Incarnate”

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- Published: 2009-11-08T18:52:17-06:00
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**“O Word of God Incarnate”**
 By William How, 1867

O Word of God incarnate,
 O wisdom from on high, O truth unchanged, unchanging, 
O light of our dark sky; We praise Thee for the radiance That from the hallowed 
page, A lantern to our footsteps, Shines on from age to age.

The Church from her dear Master,
 Received the gift divine, And still the light 
she lifteth, O’er all the earth to shine. It is the golden casket Where gems of 
truth are stored; It is the heav’n-drawn picture Of Christ, the living Word.

It floateth like a banner
 Before God’s host unfurled; It shineth like a beacon 
Above the darkling world. It is the chart and compass That o’er life’s surging sea,’
Mid mists and rocks and quicksands, Still guides, O Christ, to Thee.

O make Thy Church, dear Savior,
 A lamp of purest gold, To bear before the nations
Thy true light as of old. O teach Thy wand’ring pilgrims By this their path to trace,’
Til, clouds and darkness ended, They see Thee face to face.

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