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 heavenBut burned to see Him go;Yet unto earth alone was givenHis 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!