461 | The Hymnbook#462 | 463 |
Text: | Once in Royal David's City |
Author: | Cecil Frances Alexander |
Tune: | IRBY |
Composer: | Henry J. Gauntlett |
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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Once in royal David's city |
Title: | Once in Royal David's City |
Author: | Cecil Frances Alexander (1848) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. 8. 7. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ: Advent; Christ: Master; Christ: Sympathy(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | IRBY |
Composer: | Henry J. Gauntlett (1849) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. 8. 7. |
Key: | F Major |