Come, sing with ho­ly glad­ness,
High al­le­lu­ias sing,
Uplift your loud ho­san­nas
To Je­sus, Lord and king;
Sing, boys in joy­ful cho­rus
Your hymn of praise to­day,
And sing, ye gen­tle maid­ens,
Your sweet re­spons­ive lay.

’Tis good for boys and maid­ens
Sweet hymns to Christ to sing,
’Tis meet that children’s voices
Should praise the child­ren’s king:
For Je­sus is sal­va­tion,
And glo­ry, grace and rest;
To babe and boy and maid­en
The one Re­deem­er blest.

O boys, be strong in Je­sus,
To toil for him is gain,
And Je­sus wrought with Jo­seph
With chi­sel, saw and plane;
O maid­ens, live for Je­sus,
Who was a maid­en’s son;
Be pa­tient, pure and gen­tle,
And per­fect grace be­gun.

Soon in the gold­en ci­ty
The boys and girls shall play,
And through the daz­zling man­sions
Rejoice in end­less day;
O Christ, pre­pare Thy child­ren
With that tri­um­phant throng
To pass the burn­ished por­tals,
And sing th’eter­nal song.