O Christmas Tree

18th December 2021

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree
How sweet your gospel glances:

O Eden’s tree, O Eden’s tree
How lovely are your branches!
So full of hope, when light He spoke	
And made your boughs enchanted.
Why did we ever look away?
And turn our back on purest day
O Eden’s tree, O Eden’s tree
How faded are your branches.

O Jesse’s tree, O Jesse’s tree
How gracious are your branches!
So full of light, yet hid from sight
The Child-of-hope advances.
Can it be true, He’ll come for me
To lift the curse and set me free?
O Jesse’s tree, O Jesse’s tree
How hopeful are your branches.

O Wooden tree, O Wooden tree
How awful are your branches!
So full of gall, as He pays all
And bleeds upon the branches.
But it is true, He died for me
To end my sin and set me free
O Wooden tree, O Wooden tree
How healing are your branches.

O Heaven’s tree, O Heaven’s tree
How laden are your branches!
With life’s supply, to beautify
Those glory-filléd mansions.
O joy to stand in heaven’s halls
And feel the light of emerald walls
O Heaven’s tree, O Heaven’s tree
How lasting are your branches.

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree
Such precious gospel glances.

DM 18th December 2021