The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15161

15161. There Was No Room For Them In The Inn

1 Thou, the Eternal Son
Though of Thy glory shorn;
Thou, very God of very God
Though Man of Mary born—

2 Is there no room for Thee
Even in Bethl’hem's inn?
Dost Thou who comest to Thine own
From them no welcome win?

3 Dost Thou the bitter cross
So eagerly embrace
For us, and we for Thee prepare
No poorest dwelling place?

4 No room for Thee? No room
For love and sacrifice
Such as no mortal could conceive
And none but Thou devise?

5 O sweetest Jesus, hear!
Though I am poor indeed,
I know I can provide a spot
To meet Thy lowly need.

6 Such love as Thine must crave,
Above all other things,
The love of those on whom ’tis spent,
And all that loving brings.

7 For love is shelter, food,
A bed of down, a throne;
Its very breath obedience
To him whom it doth own.

8 Come, sweetest Jesus, then,
In this poor heart abide;
And I shall love Thee more and more
Till love is satisfied.

Text Information

• First Line: Thou, the Eternal Son
• Title: There Was No Room For Them In The Inn
• Author: Harriet M. Kimball
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Poems (Boston: Little, Brown, 1911)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: DUNBAR by Charles W. Dunbar, DONCASTER by Samuel Wesley, FESTAL SONG by William H. Walter, FRANCONIA by Johann B. König

Tune Information

• Name: GREENWOOD
• Composer: Joseph Emerson Sweetser (1849)
• Meter: SM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain