Stupendous mys­te­ry!
God in our flesh is seen
(While an­gels ask, how can it be?)
And dwells with sin­ful men!
Our na­ture He as­sumes,
That we may His re­trieve;
He comes, to our dead world He comes,
That all thro’ Him may live.

The true, eter­nal Word
To us a Child is giv­en,
The so­ve­reign God, th’Al­migh­ty Lord,
Who fills both earth and Hea­ven;
Our God on earth ap­pears
To take our sins away,
And guide us thro’ the vale of tears
To realms of end­less day.