Jesus, good above all other,
Gentle child of gen­tle mo­ther,
In a sta­ble born our bro­ther,
Give us grace to per­se­vere.

Jesus, cra­dled in a man­ger,
For us fac­ing ev­ery dan­ger,
Living as a home­less stran­ger,
Make we Thee our king most dear.

Jesus, for Thy peo­ple dy­ing,
Risen Mas­ter, death de­fy­ing,
Lord in Heav’n, Thy grace sup­ply­ing,
Keep us by Thine al­tar near.

Jesus, who our sor­rows bear­est,
All our thoughts and hopes Thou shar­est,
Thou to man the truth de­clar­est;
Help us all Thy truth to hear.

Lord, in all our do­ings guide us;
Pride and hate shall ne’er di­vide us;
We’ll go on with Thee be­side us,
And with joy we’ll per­se­vere!