Lo, how a rose e’re blooming
translated by Theodore Baker (1851–1934)
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 131.
Verse 1
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming From tenderstem hath sprung, Of Jesse’s lineage coming As men of old have sung. It came, a floweret bright, Amid the cold of winter When half spent was the night.
Verse 2
Isaiah ’twas foretold it, The Rose I have in mind, With Mary we beheld it, The virgin mother kind. To show God’s love aright She bore to them a Savior, When half spent was the night.