Come To The Manger In Bethlehem

"Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established
strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger."
(Psalm 8:20)

"But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that
He did and the boys and the girls and the youths and the maidens crying out
in the porches and courts of the temple, "Hosanna! O be propitious, graciously
inclined to the Son of David," they were indignant.

And they said to Him, "Do You hear what they are saying?" And Jesus replied
to them, "Yes; but have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and
 unweaned infants You have provided perfect praise?"
Matthew 21:15-16)

Birth Of Jesus

Cecily Mary Barker

(1895-1973)

 English Christian illustrator and poetess

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Come to the manger in Bethlehem,

A sweet Child lies therein,

A holy Child come down to earth

To save the world from sin;

A little Child with a heart so large,

It takes the whole world in.

But the heart of the world is far too small

To take in that little Child,

It sends Him away; there is no room

For His face so sweet and mild;

They would turn Him out if they only could

To the storm so rude and wild.

Come to the manger in Bethlehem,

Never mind the frost and snow,

We will think of the Child, and the thought of Him

Shall warm us as we go;

We will kiss His holy hands and feet,

And tell Him we love Him so!

And the more the cold world turns Him out,

The more we will take Him in,

When our hearts are full of the holy Child

They will have no room for sin;

Come to the manger of Bethlehem,

For a sweet Child lies therein.

"Come To The Manger In Bethlehem"
Children's Hymn Book
(1881)
Elizabeth Harcourt Rolls Mitchell
(1833-1910)
Welsh Christian author, hymn writer,
and poetess