Children, Hail the Holy Stranger

Children

hail the ho­ly Strang­er

Who des­cend­ed from ab­ove;

Who in Beth­le­hem’s low­ly man­ger

Showed the Fa­ther’s bound­less love.

Babe of Beth­le­hem re­nown­èd

Bearer of man’s sin and pain

Now with won­drous glo­ry crown­èd

Blessèd Strang­er

come again.

Wave on high your palms be­fore Him;

Loud your glad ho­san­nas sing;

With the voice of praise ad­ore Him

Hail Him as the child­ren’s king!

While the proud and great are scorn­ing

Higher sound the rap­tur­ous lays!

For from lips of lit­tle child­ren

Hath the Lord per­fect­ed praise.