A Child Is Born (Isaiah 6 : 7)

by Jarvis, A. G. | Category: A Child Is Born (Isaiah 6 : 7) | Oct 1971

"A Child is born", a Child of destiny,

A Child foreknown from past eternity.

Of Him God spake in Eden's garden fair,

When speaking to the trembling, sinning pair.

Revealed to them the sad entail of sin,

Of curse without, sorrow and pain within.

O sad, sad scene full of forebodings deep,

Because His plain command they failed to keep.

Adam condemned to toil and sweat and tears;

Coping with thorns and thistles down the years.

And Eve, her children each in sorrow born;

Her second son by murder from her torn.

God also spake of One the woman's Seed,

At last to come, mighty in word and deed.

Told too of victory and joy at last

When the proud tempter's power is overpast:

When "It shall bruise thy head" fulfilled should be

Through Christ victorious there at Calvary.

"A Child is born", prophetic word fulfilled,

When angel's song the hearts of shepherds thrilled,

Who watched their flocks on Bethlehem's plain that night,

And saw the heavens filled with angels bright:

Who sang their herald song of love and joy.

They told of Mary and the wondrous Boy

For whom there "was no room". A manger held

God's blessed Son whom love divine impelled

A servant's form to take. This lowly One

In manger seen, yet God's beloved Son.

"A Son is given", profoundest mystery.

For ever in "the form of God" was He,

Who all things did create and did uphold:

The movements of all worlds by Him controlled;

Thrones and dominions by His word exist,

Princedoms and powers too by Him subsist.

All things were made by Him the word declares,

And yet of "blood and flesh" with man He shares.

Mysterious unity of God and man

To carry out God's great redemption plan.

In ancient days Job his great need expressed,

Called for "a daysman" who one hand could rest

Upon the throne of God, and yet could reach

Down to this earth its needy men to teach

The answer to his question oft expressed,

"How can a man be just with God", and blest?

A blessed Child indeed and "Son is given",

And thus is bridged the gulf 'twixt earth and heaven.

The Son from out the Father's bosom came

To bear on earth the Cross, its curse and shame.

A servant form He took, as man was made,

With meekness and humility arrayed.

"Son of His love" and Heir of glory too,

To whom all heaven paid the homage due

Of lowly worship and of lofty praise,

While seraphs "holy, holy, holy" raise.

Amazed they see the One who filled the throne

Now fill the Cross, and die there to atone

For human guilt, to cleanse sin's dreadful stain,

That in God's sight not one spot should remain.

The government shall on His shoulder rest,

Beneath His rule shall all the earth be blest.

Then shall all nature smile beneath His sway,

And peace and plenty flourish e'en for aye.

Then shall men's swords be into plowshares made,

For then no foe shall e'er make them afraid.

The wolf and lamb shall then together dwell,

So doth the ancient prophet sweetly tell

Of days to come when all the earth shall sing,

As praises to the Prince of Peace they bring.

O "Wonderful" His name, the "Prince of Peace"

Whose glory, worth and praise shall never cease.

Counsellor divine and "mighty God" is He,

The glorious "Father of eternity",

"Ancient of days", full deity is here

Revealed in Him, the One who has no peer.

The King of kings and Lord of lords is He

To whom all creatures soon shall bow the knee.

Moment supreme when every eye shall see

The triumph of the Man of Calvary.

His name is Wonderful, Wonderful indeed,

And in that Name the Father hath decreed

That every knee shall bow, and tongue confess

That Jesus Christ is Lord. For nothing less

Will God demand. All honour to the Son;

Fit guerdon for the work that He has done.

Jarvis, A. G. | Oct 1971
A Child Is Born (Isaiah 6 : 7)

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