O Christ, the Heav’ns’ Eternal King

O Christ

the heav’ns’ eter­nal King

Creator

un­to Thee we sing

With God the Fa­ther ev­er One

Co-equal

co-eter­nal Son.

Thy hand

when the first the world be­gan

Made in Thine own pure im­age man

And linked to flesh­ly form of earth

A liv­ing soul of heav­en­ly birth.

And when the en­vi­ous craf­ty foe

Had marred Thy nob­lest work be­low

Thou didst our ru­ined state re­pair

By deign­ing flesh Thy­self to wear.

Once of a vir­gin born to save

And now new born from death’s dark grave

O Christ

Thou bidd’st us rise with Thee

From death to im­mor­tal­ity.

Eternal Shep­herd

Thou art wont

To cleanse Thy sheep with­in the font

That mys­tic bath

that grave of sin

Where ran­somed souls new life be­gin.

Divine Re­deem­er

Thou didst deign

To bear for us the cross of pain

And free­ly pay the pre­cious price

Of all Thy blood in sac­ri­fice.

Jesu

do Thou to ev­ery heart

Unceasing Pas­chal joy im­part;

From death of sin and guil­ty strife

Set free the new born sons of life.

All praise be Thine

O ris­en Lord

From death to end­less life re­stored;

All praise to God the Fa­ther be

And Ho­ly Ghost eter­nal­ly.