The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10106

10106. Once To Our World There Came

1 Once to our world there came
A little holy child;
Gentle and good and mild,
And Jesus was His name.

2 He suffered want and pain,
Was slighted, scorned, and poor;
All this He did endure,
That we in Heaven might reign.

3 He never disobeyed
His Father’s sacred laws;
We only were the cause
Why grief on Him was laid.

4 O! that indeed we could
Our naughty ways forsake
And for our pattern take
The Savior kind and good.

5 The path that Jesus trod,
O may we also tread!
Jesus, our living head,
Lead Thou us up to God.

Text Information

• First Line: Once to our world there came
• Title: Once To Our World There Came
• Author: Elizabeth Strafford
• Meter: 66.66
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns for the Collects Throughout the Year 1857
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ARRAN
• Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1864)
• Meter: 66.66
• Key: F Major
• Source: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns by Charles Kemble (London: John F. Shaw, 1864)
• Copyright: Public Domain