O WORD OF GOD INCARNATE D G A D G A D O Word of God incarnate, O Wis- dom from on high, The church from her dear

Master received the gift di- vine, It floateth like a banner before Gods host un-furled; O make thy church, dear Savior, a lamp of purest gold.

Bm A Em F# Bm D G A D O Truth un -changed, un -changing, O Light of our dark sky; And still that light she lifteth oer all the earth to shine. It shin- eth like a beacon a- bove the darkling world. To bear be- fore the nations thy true light, as of old.

A B7 E Bm Em Bm E7 A We praise thee for the radiance that from the hal- lowed page, It is the golden casket, where gems of truth are stored; It is the chart and compass that oer lifes surg-ing sea, O teach thy wandring pilgrims by this their path to trace,

D G D G D G A D A lantern to our footsteps, shines on from age to age. It is the heavn-drawn picture of Christ, the living Word. mid mists and rocks and quicksands, still guides, O Christ, to thee. Till, clouds and dark- ness ended, they see thee face to face.