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Ode 4: Christ, we turn our eyes to Thee

ODE IV.

“‘CHRIST, we turn our eyes to Thee, “‘And this mighty mystery!’ “Habakkuk exclaimed of old, “In the HOLY SPIRIT bold: “‘Thou shalt come in time appointed, “For the help of Thine anointed!’”

Taste of myrrh He deigned to know, Who redeemed the source of woe: Now He bids all sickness cease Through the honeycomb of peace: And to this world deigns to give That sweet food by which we live.

Patient LORD! with loving eye Thou invitest Thomas nigh, Showing Him that Wounded Side: While the world is certified, How the third day, from the grave, JESUS CHRIST arose to save.

Blest, O Didymus, the tongue Where that first confession hung: First the SAVIOUR to proclaim First the LORD of Life to name: Such the graces it supplied, —That dear touch of JESU’s side!

Catavasia. “Stand on thy watch-tower, Habakkuk the Seer.” (p. 98.)