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Within a crib my saviour lay

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926) Meter: 8.8.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Within a crib my saviour lay, a wooden manger filled with hay, come down for love on Christmas Day: all glory be to Jesus! 2 Upon a cross my saviour died, to ransom sinners crucified, his loving arms still open wide: all glory be to Jesus! 3 A victor's crown my saviour won, his work of love and mercy done, the Father's high-ascended Son: all glory be to Jesus! Topics: God, Saviour Promised and Incarnate; Christmas 1 The Incarnation Used With Tune: LORD OF LOVE

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LORD OF LOVE

Meter: 8.8.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Norman L. Warren, b. 1934 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 53165 53165 531 Used With Text: Within a Crib My Savior Lay

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Within a Crib My Savior Lay

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #212 (1990) Meter: 8.8.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Within a crib my Savior lay, a wooden manger filled with hay, come down for love on Christmas Day: all glory be to Jesus! 2 Upon a cross my Savior died, to ransom sinners, crucified, his loving arms still open wide: all glory be to Jesus! 3 A victor's crown my Savior won, his work of love and mercy done, the Father's high-ascended Son: all glory be to Jesus! Topics: Christ Praise of Scripture: Matthew 20:28 Languages: English Tune Title: LORD OF LOVE

Within a crib my saviour lay

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926) Hymnal: Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #70 (1987) Meter: 8.8.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Within a crib my saviour lay, a wooden manger filled with hay, come down for love on Christmas Day: all glory be to Jesus! 2 Upon a cross my saviour died, to ransom sinners crucified, his loving arms still open wide: all glory be to Jesus! 3 A victor's crown my saviour won, his work of love and mercy done, the Father's high-ascended Son: all glory be to Jesus! Topics: God, Saviour Promised and Incarnate; Christmas 1 The Incarnation Languages: English Tune Title: LORD OF LOVE

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Timothy Dudley-Smith

1926 - 2024 Author of "Within a Crib My Savior Lay" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman