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| − | "Once in Royal David's city" is a well known [[Christmas carol]]
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| − | {{YouTube Video|youtube=1RC34N1TfCQ|title=Once in Royal David's City|}}
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| − | ==Words==
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| − | Once in Royal David's city
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| − | Stood a lowly cattle shed,
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| − | Where a mother laid her baby
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| − | In a manger for His bed:
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| − | [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] was that mother mild,
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| − | [[Jesus Christ]] her little child.
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| − | He came down to earth from [[heaven]],
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| − | Who is [[God]] and Lord of all,
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| − | And His shelter was a stable,
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| − | And His cradle was a stall;
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| − | With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
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| − | Lived on earth our [[Saviour (EBD)|Saviour]] holy.
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| − | And through all His wondrous childhood
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| − | He would honor and obey,
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| − | Love and watch the lowly Maiden,
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| − | In whose gentle arms He lay:
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| − | For He is our childhood's pattern; ''(1)''
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| − | Day by day, like us He grew;
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| − | He was little, weak and helpless,
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| − | Tears and smiles like us He knew;
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| − | And He feeleth for our sadness,
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| − | And He shareth in our gladness.
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| − | And our eyes at last shall see Him,
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| − | Through His own redeeming love;
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| − | For that Child so dear and gentle
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| − | Is our Lord in heaven above,
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| − | And He leads His children on
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| − | To the place where he has gone.
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| − | Not in that poor lowly stable,
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| − | With the oxen standing by,
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| − | We shall see Him; but in heaven,
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| − | Set at God's right hand on high;
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| − | Where like stars His children crowned ''(2)''
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| − | All in white shall wait around.
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| − | ''(1)'' or: ''"Jesus"'' is our childhood's pattern
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| − | ''(2)'' or: ''"When"'' like stars His children crown'd
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| − | "The City" that the song speaks of is [[Bethlehem (EBD)|Bethlehem]], which the [[New Testament]] records as the historical birthplace of [[Jesus]] and slso of his ancestor [[King David]].
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| − | ==External link==
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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_In_Royal_David%27s_City Wikipedia - Once In Royal David's City]
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| − | {{returnto}} [[Christian music]] | [[Christmas carols]]
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| − | [[Category:Christmas carols]]
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| − | [[Category:Christian music]]
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| − | [[Category:Videos]]
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