Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#616

616. There came a little Child to earth

1 There came a little Child to earth,
Long ago;
And the angels of God proclaim His birth
High and low
Out in the night so calm and still,
Their song was heard;
For they knew the Child on Bethlehem's hill
Was Christ the Lord.

2 Far away, in a goodly land,
Fair and bright
Children with crowns of glory stand,
Robed in white
In white more pure than the spotless snow;
And their tongues unite
In the psalm which the angels sang long ago
On that still night.

3 They sing how the Lord of that world so fair
A Child was born;
And, that they might His crown of glory share,
Wore a crown of thorn;
And in mortal weakness, in want and pain,
Came forth to die,
That the children of earth might in glory reign
With Him on high.

4 He has put on His kingly apparel now
In that goodly land;
And He leads to where fountains of waters flow
That chosen band
And for ever more, in their robes so fair
And undefiled,
Those ransomed children His praise declare
Who was once a child.

Text Information

• First Line: There came a little Child to earth
• Author: Miss Emily E. S. Elliott, 1836-1897
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Bethlehem: Christ born in; For the Young

Tune Information

• Name: CHILDREN'S SONG
• Composer: H. F. R. Walton, 1869-
• Meter: P.M.
• Key: D Major