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“HE CAME DOWN TO NAZARETH.”
There was of old a poor man's house,
Within a lowly eastern town,
Wherein our blessed Saviour lived,
When He to earth from heaven came down.
Within a lowly eastern town,
Wherein our blessed Saviour lived,
When He to earth from heaven came down.
There did He live a little Child,
Was subject to His parents' sway;
There worked, perhaps, with willing hand,
And grew in wisdom day by day.
Was subject to His parents' sway;
There worked, perhaps, with willing hand,
And grew in wisdom day by day.
The breeze blew fragrant from the hills,
The blue lake gently murmured, near:
But sweeter than the mountain's flower,
And purer than the water clear,
The blue lake gently murmured, near:
But sweeter than the mountain's flower,
And purer than the water clear,
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Was Sharon's rose beneath that roof—
The holy Child so pure and fair,
In meek obedience year by year,
Love's perfect pattern lingering there.
The holy Child so pure and fair,
In meek obedience year by year,
Love's perfect pattern lingering there.
O let us often seek in thought,
That cottage-house in Galilee;
And by this blest example learn,
What Christian children ought to be:
That cottage-house in Galilee;
And by this blest example learn,
What Christian children ought to be:
Then show within our own poor hearts,
Obedient love and duteous care;
And Christ, Who was a peasant Child,
Shall come Himself and bless us there.
Obedient love and duteous care;
And Christ, Who was a peasant Child,
Shall come Himself and bless us there.
| Poems by Cecil Frances Alexander | |