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
With the poor, and
mean, and lowly
Lived on earth our Saviour holy
Jesus is our
childhood's pattern
Day by day like us He grew
He was little,
weak, and helpless
Tears and smiles, like us, He knew
And He
feeleth 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 heav'n above
And He leads
His children on
To the place where He is gone