Once in royal David’s cityStood in a lowly cattle shed,Where a mother laid her babyIn 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…
day by day his clear voice soundeth,saying, ‘Christian, follow me; ‘as, of old, Saint Andrew heart itby the Galilean lake,turned from home and toil and kindred,leaving all for his dear sake.Jesus calls us from the worshipof the vain world’s golden store;from each idol that would keep us,saying, ‘Christian, love me more.’In our joys and in…
With your fur so soft and brown,With your eye so round and merry,Scarcely moving the long grass,Fieldmouse, I can see you pass.Little thing, in what dark den,Lie you all the winter sleeping?Till warm weather comes again,Then once more I see you peepingRound about the tall tree roots,Nibbling at their fallen fruits.Fieldmouse, fieldmouse, do not go,Where…
Where the dear Lord was crucified,Who died to save us all.We may not know, we cannot tellWhat pains he had to bear,But we believe it was for usHe hung and suffer’d there.He died that we might be forgiven,He died to make us good,That we might go at last to heaven,Sav’d by his precious blood.There was…
All things wise and wonderful,The Lord God made them all.Each little flower that opens,Each little bird that sings,He made their glowing colours,He made their tiny wings.The rich man in his castle,The poor man at his gate,God made them, high or lowly,And ordered their estate.The purple-headed mountain,The river running by,The sunset, and the morning,That brightens up…
