There Was a Time When Children Sang

There was a time when child­ren sang

The Sav­ior’s praise with sac­red glee

And all the hills of Ju­dah rang

With their ex­ult­ing ju­bi­lee.

O to have joined their rap­tur­ous songs

And swelled their sweet ho­san­nas high

And blessed Him with our fee­ble tongues

As He

the Man of grief

went by!

But Christ is now a glo­ri­ous king

And an­gels in His pre­sence bow;

The hum­ble songs that we can sing

O will He

can He

hear them now?

He can

He will

He loves to hear

The notes which loving children raise;

Jesus

we come with trem­bling fear:

O teach our hearts and tongues to praise!

We join the hosts around Thy throne

Who once

like us

the de­sert trod;

And thus we make their song our own

Hosanna to the Son of God!