Advent Hymn #1: Those Infant Hands [Reprise]

Bringing back the Advent song texts from Charles Wesley that we've been reclaiming over the past few years. Those Infant Hands is a great text that revels in both the innocence and utter power of what God does in the Baby Jesus. Watch for links on the Local Liturgy page for chord charts - we hope these songs will be used and shared by communities all over.

Those Infant Hands
word by Charles Wesley, music by Carl Thomas Gladstone

Those infant hands,
of the heavenly stranger,
So poor and mean,
His court an inn,
His cradle is a manger:

Those infant hands
now for us descended,
Who built the skies,
On earth he lies,
With only beasts attended.

Lie hid in human nature;
Incarnate see
The deity,
The infinite Creator!
Godly hands, those infant hands.

Those infant hands,
Of endless adoration!
Those infant hands
Shall burst our bands,
And work out our salvation;

Those infant hands,
Strangle the serpent ever,
Till open set
The glorious gate
And take us up to heaven.