To the Child Jesus + 

Could every time-worn heart but see Thee once again, + 

A happy human child, among the homes of men, + 

The age of doubt would pass⁠—the vision of Thy face + 

Would silently restore the childhood of the race. + 

Thou wayfaring Jesus, a pilgrim and stranger, + 

Exiled from heaven by love at thy birth, + 

Exiled again from thy rest in the manger, + 

A fugitive child ’mid the perils of earth⁠— + 

Cheer with thy fellowship all who are weary, + 

Wandering far from the land that they love; + 

Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary, + 

Safe to its home in thy presence above. + 