Once in Royal David's City
By Cecil Frances Alexander
Once in royal David's city
Stood in 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.
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.
And through all his wondrous childhood,
He would honour and obey,
Love, and watch the lowly maiden
In whose
gentle arms he lay:
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient,
good as he.
For he 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.
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.
Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see him; but in heaven,
See at God's right hand on high;
When
like stars his children crowned,
All in white shall wait around.
By Cecil Frances Alexander
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