Sing, ye faith­ful, sing with glad­ness!
Wake your nob­lest, sweet­est strain!
With the praises of your Savi­or,
Let His house re­sound again!
Him let all your mu­sic hon­or,
And your songs ex­alt His reign!

Sing how He came forth from Heav­en,
Bowed Hims­elf to Beth­le­hem’s cave,
Stooped to wear the serv­ant’s vest­ure,
Bore the pain, the cross, the grave,
Passed with­in the gates of dark­ness,
Thence His ban­ished ones to save!

So He tast­ed death for all men,
He of all man­kind the Head,
Sinless One among the sin­ful,
Prince of life among the dead;
So He wrought the full re­demp­tion,
And the cap­tor cap­tive led.

Now on high, yet ev­er with us,
From His Father’s throne, the Son
Rules and guides the world He ran­somed,
Till the ap­point­ed work be done,
Till He see, re­newed and per­fect,
All things ga­thered in­to one.

Day of pro­mised res­ti­tu­tion!
Fruit of all His sor­rows past!
When the crown of His do­min­ion
He be­fore the throne shall cast,
And through­out the wide cre­ation
God be all in all at last.