Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: He came not with his heavenly crown
Topic: Christ/Life and Ministry
Writer: <no first name given> Doane
Composer:
Meter: CMD
Tune:
Hymn Number: 155
Page Number: 096, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHe came not with his heavenly crown,
His scepter clad with power;
His coming was in feebleness,
The infant of an hour;
An humble manger cradled, first,
The Virgin's holy birth,
And lowing herds surrounded there
The Lord of heaven and earth.
He came, not in his robe of wrath,
With arm outstretched to slay;
But on the darkling paths of earth,
To pour celestial day;
To guide in peace the wandering feet,
The broken heart to bind,
And bear upon the painful cross,
The sins of human kind.
And thou hast borne them, Saviour meek!
And therefore unto thee,
In humbleness and gratitude,
Our hearts shall offered be;
Our contrite hearts, and offering, Lord,
Which thou wilt not despise,
Our souls, our bodies, all be thine,
A living sacrifice!