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12469 | The Cyber Hymnal#12470 | 12471 |
Text: | Our Royal Christmas Gift |
Author: | Charles C. Converse |
Tune: | CHEVY CHASE |
Composer: | Charles Crozat Converse |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 This was the royal gift to men—
A sweet and tender child,
Reposing in His mother’s arms
In beauty undefiled.
A child, yes, He was born to us,
Our Babe of Bethlehem,
Who, coming to our low estate
Laid off His diadem.
Refrain:
He is our royal Christmas gift,
And as we now believe,
We take the treasure to our hearts,
And all His love receive.
2 A son to us was giv’n, and He
A child to manhood grew,
A kingly brother to us all,
Divine, and strong, and true.
A royal, princely child He came,
The heir to realms unknown,
He came to bend our hearts to His,
And take us to His throne. [Refrain]
3 He came without His crown, and took
On earth the lowest place,
That He might lead triumphant home
A royal, ransomed race.
Our child, our brother, and our king,
Our treasure and our love,
Our guide amid these desert sands,
Our advocate above. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | This was the royal gift to men |
Title: | Our Royal Christmas Gift |
Author: | Charles C. Converse |
Refrain First Line: | He is our royal Christmas gift |
Language: | English |
Source: | Augsburg Songs for Sunday school and Other Services (Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1885) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CHEVY CHASE |
Composer: | Charles Crozat Converse (1885) |
Meter: | 86.86.86 D |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Some hymnals show the composer as Karl Reden, one of Converse's pseudonymns |
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