O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart’s Desire

O Christ

our hope

our heart’s de­sire

Redemption’s on­ly spring!

Creator of the world art Thou

Its Sav­ior and its King.

How vast the mer­cy and the love

Which laid our sins on Thee

And led Thee to a cru­el death

To set Thy peo­ple free.

But now the bands of death are burst

The ran­som has been paid

And Thou art on Thy Fa­ther’s throne

In glo­ri­ous robes ar­rayed.

O may Thy migh­ty love pre­vail

Our sin­ful souls to spare;

O may we come be­fore Thy throne

And find ac­cept­ance there!

O Christ

be Thou our last­ing joy

Our ev­er great re­ward!

Our on­ly glo­ry may be it be

To glo­ry in the Lord.

All praise to Thee

as­cend­ed Lord;

All glo­ry ev­er be

To Fa­ther

Son

and Ho­ly Ghost

Through all eter­ni­ty.