Hymns of the Early Church / being translations from the poetry of the Latin church, arranged in the order of the Christian year

by John Brownlie

II

O Christ, uplifted on the Cross!

Thine arms were stretched towards the sky;

Grant us with love that Cross to seek,

And folded in those arms to die.

III

Now to the Father throned on high,

And unto Christ His only Son,

And to the Spirit, glory be,

Now, and while endless ages run.