Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed Where a mother laid her baby In a manger for his bed Mary was that mother mild Jesus Christ her little Child He came down to earth from heaven Who is God and Lord of all And his shelter was a stable And his cradle was a stall We love all that weep and moan With on earth our Saviour holy And through all his wondrous childhood Day by day like us he grew He was little, weak, and helpless Tears and smiles like us he knew And he kneeled for our sadness And he shareth in our gladness And our eyes at last shall see him Through his own redeeming love For that child so dear and gentle Is our Lord in heaven above And he leads his children on Through the plains where he is gone God to God in love he's given In the earth to strive he hath known And he leads his children on Through the plains where he is gone God to God in love he's given In the earth to strive he hath known God to God in love he's given In the earth to strive he hath known God to God in love he's given In the earth to strive he hath known God to God in love he's given In the earth to strive he hath known