TO CHRIST, THE PRINCE OF PEACE

To Christ, the prince of peace,\nAnd Son of God most high,\nThe Father of the world to come,\nSing we with holy joy.\n2. Deep in his heart for us\nThe wound of love he bore;\nThat love wherewith he still inflames\nThe hearts that him adore.\n3. O Jesus, victim blest,\nWhat else but love divine\nCould thee constrain to open thus\nThat Sacred Heart of thine?\n4. O fount of endless life,\nO spring of water clear,\nO flame celestial, cleansing all\nWho unto thee draw near!\n5. Hide us in thy dear heart,\nFor thither do we fly;\nThere seek thy grace through life, in death\nThine immortality.\n6. Praise to the Father be,\nAnd sole-begotten Son;\nPraise, holy Paraclete, to thee\nWhile endless ages run.\n82