Within the Church’s sac­red fold,
By ho­ly sac­ra­ment en­rolled,
Another lamb we lay:
An heir be­fore of sin and shame,
Now in the ho­ly tri­une name
His guilt is washed away.

O lov­ing Fa­ther, Thee we pray
Look on this babe new­born to­day,
Thine own adop­ted child;
An an­gel guard do Thou be­stow
To lead him in Thy paths be­low,
And guide him through the wild.

O God the Son, Thou hea­ven­ly vine,
Protect this ten­der branch of Thine
Through all that may be­tide;
Forever nour­ished may he be
With sap di­vine that flows from Thee,
In Thee for aye abide.

Blest Spir­it, whose in­dwel­ling grace
Has giv’n this lit­tle one a place
Among the heirs of life;
O breathe Thy se­ven­fold gifts with­in,
And keep Thy tem­ple pure from sin
In midst of world­ly strife.

So, holy Tri­ni­ty, by Thee
Divinely trained this babe may be
In faith and hope and love;
So may he gain, earth’s waves o’er­past,
His bright in­her­it­ance at last
With all Thy saints above.