Once to Our World There Came

Once to our world there came

A lit­tle ho­ly child;

Gentle and good and mild

And Je­sus was His name.

He suf­fered want and pain

Was slight­ed

scorned

and poor;

All this He did en­dure

That we in Heav­en might reign.

He nev­er dis­ob­eyed

His Fa­ther’s sac­red laws;

We on­ly were the cause

Why grief on Him was laid.

O! that in­deed we could

Our naugh­ty ways for­sake

And for our pat­tern take

The Sav­ior kind and good.

The path that Je­sus trod

O may we al­so tread!

Jesus

our liv­ing head

Lead Thou us up to God.