Lord Jesus, God and man, For love of man a child

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Lord Jesus, God and man, For love of man a child

Author: H. W. Baker
Published in 15 hymnals

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1. Lord Jesus, God and man,
For love of man a child,
The very God, yet born on earth
Of Mary undefiled.

2. Lord Jesus, God and man,
In this our festal day
To Thee for precious gifts of grace
Thy ransomed people pray.

3. We pray for childlike hearts,
For gentle, holy love,
For strength to do Thy will below
As angels do above.

4. We pray for simple faith,
For hope that never fails,
For true communion evermore
With all Thy blessèd saints.

5. On friends around us here
O let Thy blessing fall;
We pray for grace to love them well,
But Thee beyond them all.

6. O joy to live for Thee!
O joy in Thee to die!
O very joy of joys to see
Thy face eternally!

7. Lord Jesus, God and man,
We praise Thee and adore,
Who art with God the Father One,
And Spirit evermore.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #3837

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Author: H. W. Baker

Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were cont… Go to person page >

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