We fol­low Christ, the fear­less youth
Who chal­lenged hoar­y doubt and wrong;
Yet seized no wea­pon but the truth,
And bade life blos­som i­nto song!

To babes, God’s king­dom He revealed;
And in the midst He set a child.
The trou­bled minds of youth He healed;
To pow­er trans­formed their pass­ions wild.

He called apos­tles from the young;
And thro’ the ag­es kind­les still
The ar­dor of the youth­ful tongue
To voice the sum­mons of God’s will.

In Him the old are born anew;
So ev­er shall our souls as­pire;
And shat­ter­ing the things u­ntrue
Remold earth near­er His d­esire.