Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Hymnal: The Hymnbook #462 (1955) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her Baby
In a manger for His bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ, her little Child.
2 He came down to earth from heaven
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall:
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
3 Jesus is our childhood's pattern,
Day by day like us He grew;
He was little, weak, and helpless,
Tears and smiles like us He knew:
And He feeleth for our sadness,
And He shareth in our gladness.
4 And our eyes at last shall see Him,
Through His own redeeming love;
For that Child so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in heaven above,
And He leads His children on
To the place where He is gone.
Amen. Topics: Christ Advent; Christ Master; Christ Sympathy; Young, Hymns for the; Church, The Young, Hymns for the Scripture: Luke 2:6-17 Tune Title: IRBY
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