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Text:Behold The Prince Of Peace
Author:John Needham
Tune:ALMA MATER
Composer:Richard Redhead, 1820-1901
Media:MIDI file

9510. Behold The Prince Of Peace

1 Behold the Prince of Peace,
The chosen of the Lord;
God’s best belovèd Son fulfills
The sure prophetic word.

2 No royal pomp adorns
This King of righteousness;
Meekness and patience, truth and love,
Compose His princely dress.

3 The Spirit of the Lord,
In rich abundance shed,
On this great Prophet gently lights,
And rests upon His head.

4 The noisy breath of fame
His modest ears decline;
Goodness in humble silence shows
His character divine.

5 His arm shall never break
The weak and bruisèd reed;
He will support its feeble frame
In every time of need.

6 The tender Jesus spies
The pure, tho’ weak desire;
The smoking flax He will not quench,
But fan the holy fire.

7 Truth shall support His throne
And make its glorious way:
The Gentile world shall trust His grace,
And cheerful homage pay.

Text Information
First Line: Behold the Prince of Peace
Title: Behold The Prince Of Peace
Author: John Needham
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: Hymns Devotional and Moral on Various Subjects (Bristol, England: S. Farley, 1768)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ALMA MATER
Composer: Richard Redhead, 1820-1901
Meter: SM
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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