Faithful Cross

Faithful cross, above all other:

one and only noble tree!

None in foliage, none in blossom,

none in fruit thy peer may be:

sweetest wood and sweetest iron,

sweetest weight is hung on thee.

Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory!

Thy relaxing sinews bend;

for awhile the ancient rigor

that thy birth bestowed, suspend;

and the King of heavenly beauty

gently on thine arms extend.

Praise and honor to the Father,

praise and nonor to the Son,

praise and honor to the Spirit,

ever Three and ever One:

one in might and one in glory

while eternal ages run.