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 Savior holy.
3
And
through all His wondrous childhood
He
would honor and obey,
Love
and watch the lowly mother
In
whose gentle arms He lay.
Christian
children all must be
Mild,
obedient, good as He.
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.