Hymn 51
See! in yonder manger low,
1. See! in yonder manger low,
Born for us on earth below,
See! The tender Lamb appears,
Promised from eternal years.
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption’s happy down!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
‘Christ is born in Bethlehem.
2. Lo! within a manger lies
He who built the starry skies,
He who throned in height sublime,
Sits amid the Cherubim.
3. Say, ye holy shepherds, say
What your joyful news to-day;
Wherefore have ye left your sheep
On the lonely mountain steep!
4. ‘As we watched at dead of night,
Lo! we saw a wondrous light;
Angels, singing peace on earth,
Told us of the Saviour’s birth’
5. Sacred Infant, all Divine,
What a tender love was Thine,
Thus to come from highest bliss
Unto such a world as this!
6. Teach, O teach us, Holy Child,
By Thy face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble Thee
In Thy sweet humility.