From the great halls of splendor
He stepped into the night,
To make Himself our mender
In our pain and in our plight.
He descended from the highest height
Of joy to know our woes;
He relinquished all His power to fight
With weakness all our foes.
The King of kings became a slave
To know us in our need,
Quit filling all creation save
The space within a seed.
His scepter and His staff and rod
Were laid aside with grace,
Yet still the glory of our God
Shone in His human face:
His person, essence, who He is
(The Hand within the Glove)
God found in fashion as a Man,
Emptied of all but Love.
Thomas Worth (M.Div. ‘03, D.Min. '07) is pastor of Community Covenant Church in Manlius, N.Y. and also serves as program site coordinator for Northeastern Seminary’s class site in Syracuse.
