To Christ the Lord!

To Christ the Lord! Th’in­car­nate Word!

Who left for us His Fa­ther’s throne

Put off His crown

to earth came down

And lived amongst us as our own

The prais­es of our lives be­long;

Accept

O Lord

both lives and song.

To Him who lay

as on this day

Low in His man­ger bed on earth;

The ho­ly Child who

un­de­filed

Was born to give us se­cond birth;

The prais­es of our lives be­long;

Accept

O Lord

both lives and song.

His name be blest

who

from His rest

Came down to suf­fer for us here

Our sins to bear

our griefs to share

To shed

and dry the mourn­er’s tear;

The prais­es of our lives be­long;

Accept

O Lord

both lives and song.

Glory and love to God above

Be ev­er in the high­est giv’n

Good will to men be­low

and then

Peace

end­less peace

’twixt earth and Heav’n;

The prais­es of our lives be­long;

Accept

O Lord

both lives and song.