O ever homeless Stranger!
Thou dearest Friend to me!
An outcast in a manger,
That with us Thou mightest be!

O Love, that bore our burden
On the accursed tree!
O Heart, that granted pardon,
And set the sinner free!

O day of mighty sorrow!
Day of unfathomed grief!
When Thou didst taste the horror
Of wrath, without relief!
When, deep to deep still calling,
The waters reached Thy soul,
And death and wrath, appalling,
Their waves did over Thee roll!

O Lord, Thy wondrous story
My inmost soul doth move!
I ponder over Thy glory,
Thy lonely path of love!

Come, long-expected Saviour!
Thou Man of Sorrows, come!
Almighty, blest Deliverer,
Come, take us to Thee-home!