Children crying in the temple, and saying,
Matthew 21:15Hosanna to the son of David!
Words: Cyrus A. Bartol, in Children’s Praise: A Book of Prayers and Hymns for the Children of the Church (Boston, Massachusetts: Ticknor & Fields, 1858), number 62.
Music: Love’s Consecration Abram B. Kolb, 1902 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Hosanna unto David’s son!
The Hebrew offspring cry;
Hosanna to the lowly One!
The Gentile youth reply.
Hosanna for His blessings giv’n!
Sang such as felt His hand;
Hosanna,
touched by Him from Heaven,
Sings our still blessèd band.
Bright with the face of God, He shows
Our angels’ guardian ranks;
Hosanna! as to them He goes,
We greet Him with our thanks.
From east to west, in shrines of praise,
As in the courts above,
We children our hosannas raise,
He breathed for us such love!
Kingdom, of which He said we are,
Below or in the skies,
Come shine in glory thence afar,
Until our spirits rise!