Lamb, Whose Blood for All Men Streamed

Lamb

whose blood for all men streamed

Light

that shone ere morn­ing beamed

God and God’s eter­nal Son

Ever with the Fa­ther one;

Splendor of the Fa­ther’s light

Star of hope for ev­er bright

Hearken to the pray­ers that flow

From Thy serv­ants here be­low.

Lord

re­mem­ber that in love

Thou didst leave Thy throne ab­ove

Man’s frail na­ture to as­sume

In the ho­ly vir­gin’s womb.

Now Thy Church

each circ­ling year

Celebrates that love so dear;

Love that brought Thee here alone

For the guil­ty to atone.

Let not earth alone re­joice

Seas and skies unite their voice

In a new song

to the morn

When the Lord of life was born.

Ransomed by the ho­ly tide

Shed from Thy most pre­cious side

Joyful let us hail the morn

When the Lord of life was born.

Virgin-born

to Thee be praise

Now and through eter­nal days;

Father

eq­ual praise to Thee

With the Spir­it

ev­er be.