The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3003

3003. In Stature Grows the Heavenly Child

1. In stature grows the heavenly child,
With death before His eyes;
A lamb unblemished, meek and mild,
Prepared for sacrifice.

2. The Son of God His glory hides
With parents mean and poor;
And He who made the heaven abides
In dwelling place obscure.

3. Those mighty hands that stay the sky
No earthly toil refuse;
And He who set the stars on high
A humble trade pursues.

4. He before whom the angels stand,
At whose behest they fly,
Now yields Himself to man’s command,
And lay His glory by.

5. Jesu, the virgin’s holy son,
We praise Thee and adore,
Who art with God the Father One,
And Spirit evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: In stature grows the heavenly child
• Title: In Stature Grows the Heavenly Child
• Latin Title: Divine crescebas Puer
• Author: Jean de Santeüil (1689)
• Translator (from Latin): John Chandler
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymni Sacri, 1689; Translation in Hymns of the Primitive Church, 1837
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TALLIS' ORDINAL
• Composer: Thomas Tallis (ca. 1567)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 13455 66551 76651
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain