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.