LYRICS
| Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D
| | Writer(s): | Joseph Simpson Cook
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1919
| | Bible Refs: | Lk 2:7
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 73
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 27
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 420
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 37
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 640
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| 1. Gentle Mary laid her Child
lowly in a manger;
There He lay, the undefiled,
to the world a Stranger:
Such a Babe in such a place,
can He be the Savior?
Ask the saved of all the race
who have found His favor.
2. Angels sang about His birth;
wise men sought and found Him;
Heaven’s star shone brightly forth,
glory all around Him:
Shepherds saw the wondrous sight,
heard the angels singing;
All the plains were lit that night,
all the hills were ringing.
3. Gentle Mary laid her Child
lowly in a manger;
He is still the undefiled,
but no more a stranger:
Son of God, of humble birth,
beautiful the story;
Praise His Name in all the earth,
hail the King of glory!
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