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 heaven but burned to see him go; yet unto earth alone was given his 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!