The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2852

2852. I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe

1. I know not how that Bethlehem’s Babe
Could in the Godhead be;
I only know the manger Child
Has brought God’s life to me.

2. I know not how that Calvary’s cross
A world from sin could free;
I only know its matchless love
Has brought God’s love to me.

3. I know not how that Joseph’s tomb
Could solve death’s mystery;
I only know a living Christ,
Our immortality.

Text Information

• First Line: I know not how that Bethlehem's Babe
• Title: I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe
• Author: Harry W. Farrington (1910)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: This was a Harvard Prize Hymn. Alternate tunes: BANGOR, William Tans'ur, 1734; EXETER (MASON), Henry L. Mason, 1923

Tune Information

• Name: ST. AGNES
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1866)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 33323 47155 53224
• Key: G Major
• Source: Hymnal for Use in the English Church, by John Grey, 1866
• Copyright: Public Domain