Lord, enthroned in heav’nly splendor
First begotten from the dead,
Thou alone, our strong defender,
Liftest up thy people's head.

Here our humblest homage pay we,
Here in loving reverence bow;
Here for faith’s discernment pray we,
Lest we fail to know thee now.

Though the lowliest form doth veil thee
As of old in Bethlehem,
Here, as there, thine angels hail thee,
Branch and flow'r of Jesse's stem.

Paschal Lamb, thine off'ring, finished
Once for all when thou wast slain,
here renewed, yet undiminished,
Cleansing souls from ev’ry stain.

Life-imparting heav'nly Manna,
stricken rock with streaming side,
Heav'n and earth with loud Hosanna
Worship thee, the Lamb who died.