The fifth stanza of the version of “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” that we are use today was either written or translated by John C. Mattes in 1914. Here are the words:
O Savior, child of Mary,
Who felt our human woe,
O Savior, King of glory,
Who dost our weakness know;
Bring us at length we pray,
To the bright courts of Heaven,
And to the endless day!
This stanza brings the earlier ones
together and looks forward to our glorious life in Heaven.
Whatever the coming year brings, and
however many more I have ahead of me, I know that my life on this earth will
transform into endless day in the bright courts of Heaven. And nothing is
better than that.
May you have a Christ-filled new
year.
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