Hymns of the Eastern Church (5th ed.) ‎#139

139. Father of Peace, and God of Consolation

Father of Peace, and GOD of Consolation!
The Angel of the Counsel dost Thou send
To herald peace, to manifest Salvation,
Thy Light to pour, Thy knowledge to extend;
Whence, with the morning’s earliest rays,
Lover of men! Thy Name we praise.

’Midst Caesar’s subjects Thou, at his decreeing,
Obey’dst and was enrolled: our mortal race,
To sin and Satan slave, from bondage freeing,
Our poverty in all points didst embrace:
And by that Union didst combine
The earthly with the All-Divine.

Incarnate Deity conceived and bore;
Virgin in birth, and after birth, remaining
And man to GOD is reconciled once more:
Wherefore in faith her name we bless,
And Mother of our GOD confess.

Text Information

• First Line: Father of Peace, and God of Consolation
• Title: Father of Peace, and God of Consolation
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1862)
• Author: Cosmas, the Melodist (760)
• Meter: 11,10,11,10,8,8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1866

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