Hosanna to the living Lord!

Hosanna to the incarnate Word!

To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King,

Let earth, let heav’n, Hosanna sing:

Hosanna, Lord! Thine angels cry;

Hosanna, Lord! Thy saints reply;

Above, beneath us, and around,

The dead and living swell the sound;

O saviour, with protecting care,

Return to this thy house of prayer;

Assembled in thy sacred name,

Where we Thy parting promise claim;

But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast,

Eternal! Bid thy spirit rest;

And make our secret souls to be

A temple pure and worthy Thee.

So in the last and dreadful day,

When earth and heaven shall melt away,

Thy flock, redeem’d from sinful strain,

Shall swell the sound of praise again.