Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#468

468. A Child of the King

1 My Father is rich in houses and lands,
He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands!
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold,
His coffers are full, He has riches untold.

Refrain
I’m a child of the King,
A child of the King:
With Jesus my Savior,
I’m a child of the King.

2 My Father’s own Son, the Savior of men,
Once wandered on earth as the poorest of them;
But now He is pleading our pardon on high,
That we may be His when He comes by and by. [Refrain]

3 I once was an outcast stranger on earth,
A sinner by choice, an alien by birth,
But I’ve been adopted, my name’s written down,
An heir to a mansion, a robe and a crown. [Refrain]

4 A tent or a cottage, why should I care?
They’re building a palace for me over there;
Though exiled from home, yet still may I sing:
All glory to God, I’m a child of the King. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My Father is rich in houses and lands
• Title: A Child of the King
• Author: Hattie E. Buel (1834-1910)
• Refrain First Line: I’m a child of the King, A child of the King:
• Meter: 10.11.10.11.Ref.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Christan Life: Joy and Peace

Tune Information

• Name: [My Father is rich in houses and lands]
• Arr. from a melody by: John B. Sumner (1878)
• Meter: 10.11.10.11.Ref.
• Incipit: 35553 33331 12222
• Key: E♭ Major