Luke_2-11: For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

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.

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 Childhoods Pattern:
Day By Day Like Us He Grew;
He Was Little, Weak, And Helpless;
Tears And Smiles Like Us He Knew
And…