All Believer Hymn Book

Hymn 498 LO. HOW A ROSE Lyrics

1. Lo. how a Rose ever blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesus’ lineage coming
As men of old have sung.
It came, a flower bright
Amid the cold of winter.
When half-gone was the night

2. Isaiah twas foretold it,
The Rose I have in mind;
With Mary we behold it,
The virgin mother kind
To sow God’s love aright
She bore to men a Saviour.
When half-gone was the night.

3. This flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor,
The darkness everywhere.
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death He saves us
And lightens every load.