We come in childhood’s joyfulness,
                                        
                                        [originally, We come in childhood’s innocence]
                                        
                                        We come as children free!
                                        
                                        We offer up, O God! our hearts,
                                        
                                        In trusting love to Thee.
                                        
                                        Well may we bend in solemn joy
                                        
                                        At Thy bright courts above:
                                        
                                        Well may the grateful child rejoice
                                        
                                        In such a Father’s love.