The Maker of the sun and moon,
The Maker of our earth,
Lo! late in time, a fairer boon,

Himself is brought to birth!

How blest was all creation then,

When God so gave increase;
And Christ, to heal the hearts of men,
Brought righteousness and peace!


No star in all the heights of heaven
But burned to see Him go;

Yet unto earth alone was given
His human form to know.


His human form, by man denied,
Took death for human sin:
His endless love, through faith descried,

Still lives the world to win.

O perfect love, outpassing sight,

O light beyond our ken,
Come down through all the world tonight,
And heal the hearts of men!