When, His Salvation Bringing

When

His sal­va­tion bring­ing

To Zi­on Je­sus came

The child­ren all stood sing­ing

Hosanna to His name;

Nor did their zeal of­fend Him

But

as He rode along

He let them still at­tend Him

And smiled to hear their song.

And since the Lord re­tain­eth

His love for child­ren still

Though now as King He reign­eth

On Zi­on’s heav­en­ly hill

We’ll flock around His ban­ner

Who sits up­on His throne

And cry aloud

Ho­san­na

To Da­vid’s ro­yal Son!

For should we fail pro­claim­ing

Our great Re­deem­er’s praise

The stones

our si­lence sham­ing

Would their ho­san­nas raise.

But shall we on­ly ren­der

The tri­bute of our words?

No; while our hearts are ten­der

They too shall be the Lord’s.