Waken, Christian children

Waken, Christian children

Author: S. C. Hamerton
Published in 42 hymnals

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1 Waken, Christian children!
Up and let us sing
With glad voice, the praises
Of our newborn King.
Up! 'tis meet to welcome
With a joyous lay
Christ, the King of Glory,
Born for us to-day.
Come, nor fear to seek Him,
Children though we be;
Once He said of children,
"Let them come to me."
Waken, Christian children,
Up! and let us sing,
With glad voice, the praises
Of our newborn King.

2 In a manger lowly
Sleeps the heavenly Child;
O'er Him fondly bendeth
Mary, Mother mild.
Far above that stable,
Up in Heaven so high,
One bright star outshineth
Watching silently.
Fear not then to enter,
Though we cannot bring
Gold, or myrrh or incense
Fitting for a King.
Waken, etc.

3 Gifts He asketh richer,
Offerings costlier still;
Yet may Christian children
Bring them if they will.
Brighter than all jewels
Shines the modest eye;
Best of gifts, He loveth
Infant purity.
Haste we then to welcome
With a joyous lay
Christ, the King of Glory,
Born for us to-day.
Waken, etc.


Source: The Church Hymnal: containing hymns approved and set forth by the general conventions of 1892 and 1916; together with hymns for the use of guilds and brotherhoods, and for special occasions (Rev. ed) #651

Author: S. C. Hamerton

Hamerton, Samuel Collingwood, born in 1833, educated at University College, Oxford (B.A. 1856), Incumbent of St. Paul's, Warwick, from 1866, and died there Jan. 6, 1872. His hymn "Waken, Christian children" (Christmas Carol), is in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872; the Hymnal Companion, 1890, and others. It appeared as a Carol published by Masters, in 1861. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)  Go to person page >

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First Line: Waken, Christian children
Author: S. C. Hamerton
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Book of Song and Service #168

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A Hymnal and Service Book for Sunday Schools, Day Schools, Guilds, Brotherhoods, etc. #540

Carols for a Merry Christmas and a Joyous Easter #d30

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Carols Old and Carols New #412

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Christmas Carols New and Old (First Series) #XVI

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Christmas Carols New and Old #16

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Christmas Carols New and Old #16

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Forms and Hymns for Christmas #33

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Gloria #54

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Glorious Things in Sacred Song #116

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Hosanna for the Sunday School #53

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Hymns and Carols for Church and Sunday-school #173

Hymns and Tunes for Children of the Church #d210

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Hymns of the Centuries #54

Hymns, Carols and Chants for the Sunday School Children of St. Ignatius' Church #d88

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Laudis Corona #30a

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Melodies for Little People #11

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Pilgrim Songs #154

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Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #109

School Carols #d321

Songlets for Sabbath School and Home #d22

Sunday School Hymnal #d425

Sunday School Service and Hymn Book arranged by the Sunday School Committee #d167

The American Hymnal #d633

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The Children's Hymn Book #99

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The Church Hymnal #651

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The Church Hymnary #532

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The Cyber Hymnal #7147

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The Epworth Hymnal #54

The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States #d686

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The King's Praises #40

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The New Children's Hymnal #58

The Praise Hymnal #265

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The Primary and Junior Hymnal #22

The Primary Cluster #d9

The Primary Sunday School Hymnal #d188

The St. Alban Hymnal #d470

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The Sunday School Hymnal #265

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The Sunday School Hymnal #265

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The Sunday-School Hymnal and Service Book (Ed. A) #496

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Voices of Praise #355

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