Sing, O child­ren, sing with glad­ness,
Raise your hap­pi­est, nob­lest strain;
Sing the prais­es of your Sav­ior,
Come from Heav’n to earth as man.
Him let all your voic­es hon­or,
All your songs ex­alt His name;
Tell how He came down from Hea­ven,
Saving men from sin and shame.

Once He tast­ed death for all men—
He of all man­kind the head,
Spotless He among the sin­ful,
Lord of Life among the dead.
Well He wrought our full sal­va­tion,
And the cap­tor cap­tive led,
Till through­out the wide cre­ation
All things hail Him as their head.

Now in Hea­ven, yet ever near us,
From the Fa­ther’s throne He views
All things ga­thered and com­plet­ed—
All His ran­somed ones He knows.
When the crown of His do­min­ion
He be­fore the throne shall cast,
Then through­out the wide cre­ation
Heav’n and earth be one at last.