Hymns - When Christ Was Born in Bethlehem - Текст песни

When Christ was born in Bethlehem,
Fair peace on earth to bring,
In lowly state of love He came
To be the children???s King.

And round Him, then, a holy band
Of children blest was born,
Fair guardians of His throne to stand
Attendant night and morn.

And unto them this grace was giv???n
A Savior???s name to own,
And die for Him Who out of Heav???n
Had found on earth a throne.

O bless??d babes of Bethlehem,
Who died to save our King,
Ye share the martyrs??? diadem,
And in their anthem sing!

Your lips, on earth that never spake,
Now sound th???eternal word;
And in the courts of love ye make
Your children???s voices heard.

Lord Jesus Christ, eternal Child,
Make Thou our childhood Thine;
That we with Thee the meek and mild
May share the love divine.