There Came a Little Child to Earth

There came a lit­tle child to earth

Long ago;

And the an­gels of God pro­claimed His birth

High and low.

Out on the night

so calm and still

Their song was heard;

For they knew that the Child on Beth­le­hem’s hill

Was Christ the Lord.

Far away in the good­ly land

Fair and bright;

Children with crowns of glo­ry stand

Robed in white.

They sing

the Lord of Heav­en so fair

A child was born;

And that they might His crown of glo­ry share

Wore crown of thorn.

In mor­tal weak­ness

want and pain

He came to die

That the child­ren of earth might in glo­ry reign

With Him on high.

And ev­er­more in robes so fair

And un­de­filed

Those ran­somed child­ren His praise de­clare

Who was a child.