Sarah Hart —
Savior

Lyrics and Music by Sarah Hart

Out of the depths
Did we cry out to you,
Out of the depths
Did you answer us.
What cure for our hopelessness
But endless hope?
What help for our sin
But innocence?

Love made the way,
Straight through the desert,
Laid down the gift in a manger.
Out of the depths
Did we cry out to you
And you gave to us
A Savior.

Chorus:
     Oh come, come Emmanuel,
     Come ransom us,
     Your people, Israel.

Every shadow cowered in fear,
All that was darkness receded.
Light from light covered us;
We could not hide.
Vision was all we had needed.

No longer slaves
To dust and ashes,
Now we had seen something greater:
Every shadow erased by the star
And the coming of
A Savior.

Chorus:
     Oh come, come Emmanuel,
     Come ransom us,
     Your people, Israel.

     Oh
     Come, come Emmanuel,
     Come and set us free,
     Your people, Israel.

Out of the depths
And the aching of time
Two thousand years was so long ago.
How we lose heart,
How dim seems the light
Longing for heaven on earth below.

Sweet lamb of God, gently remind us
In every terror and danger
Who was, and is,
And is still to come;
Who will ever be
Our Savior.
For unto us a child is come
And he will ever be our Savior.