Christmas comes to bless the earth
With its wondrous heav'nly birth;
Bright and high the dawning Light
Burneth through the gloom of night.

God hath come with men to dwell,
Christ is born in Israel;
Thrilling songs His Angels sing,
Worshipping their Infant King

Easter with its flaming crown
Tramples all the darkness down;
Tyrant spectres of the gloom
Die before the open Tomb.

Christ hath risen from the grave;
Christ hath risen, strong to save,
Thrilling songs His Angels sing,
Worshipping their Victor King.

Thus He reigns beyond the sky
In the love that cannot die;
Yet with men doth ever dwell
In the midst of Israel.

So before His Altar now,
All His radiant Angels bow,
Thrilling songs they ever sing,
Worshipping their hidden King.

By the Christmas frost and snow,
Easter's bright and burning glow,
Light around Thine Altar shed,
Save us in that hour of dread.