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From Wikipedia Category:Christmas carols
"Once in Royal David's city" is a well known [[Christmas carol]]
==Words==
Once in Royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for His bed:
[[Mary (mother of Jesus)|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 (EBD)|Saviour]] holy.
And through all His wondrous childhood
He would honor 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; ''(1)''
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 has gone.
Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see Him; but in heaven,
Set at God's right hand on high;
Where like stars His children crowned ''(2)''
All in white shall wait around.
''(1)'' or: ''"Jesus"'' is our childhood's pattern
''(2)'' or: ''"When"'' like stars His children crown'd
"The City" that the song speaks of is [[Bethlehem (EBD)|Bethlehem]], which the [[New Testament]] records as the historical birthplace of [[Jesus]] and slso of his ancestor [[King David]].
==External link==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_In_Royal_David%27s_City Wikipedia - Once In Royal David's City]
[[Category:Christmas carols]]
==Words==
Once in Royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for His bed:
[[Mary (mother of Jesus)|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 (EBD)|Saviour]] holy.
And through all His wondrous childhood
He would honor 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; ''(1)''
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 has gone.
Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see Him; but in heaven,
Set at God's right hand on high;
Where like stars His children crowned ''(2)''
All in white shall wait around.
''(1)'' or: ''"Jesus"'' is our childhood's pattern
''(2)'' or: ''"When"'' like stars His children crown'd
"The City" that the song speaks of is [[Bethlehem (EBD)|Bethlehem]], which the [[New Testament]] records as the historical birthplace of [[Jesus]] and slso of his ancestor [[King David]].
==External link==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_In_Royal_David%27s_City Wikipedia - Once In Royal David's City]
[[Category:Christmas carols]]
