The phrase "straw" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...When the guiding star
Led ye to a bed of straw
In a cave afar!...
When the guiding star
Led ye to a bed of straw
In a cave afar!
...To save us from sin’s keeping;
On manger straw, in darksome night,
The Blessèd One lies sleeping....
To save us from sin’s keeping;
On manger straw, in darksome night,
The Blessèd One lies sleeping.
...More lovely than angels, this Baby so mild.
Oh, there lies the Christ Child, on hay and on straw;
The shepherds are kneeling before Him with awe....
More lovely than angels, this Baby so mild.
Oh, there lies the Christ Child, on hay and on straw;
The shepherds are kneeling before Him with awe.
...The kid with the leopard shall feed,
The lion eat straw with the ox.
The word that goes forth from His mouth...
The kid with the leopard shall feed,
The lion eat straw with the ox.
The word that goes forth from His mouth
...To worship and adore
The tender Babe upon the straw,
Our Savior evermore....
To worship and adore
The tender Babe upon the straw,
Our Savior evermore.
...They saw the newborn Child
Lain on straw in the manger
Like lamb on upland wild...
They saw the newborn Child
Lain on straw in the manger
Like lamb on upland wild
...Thy birthday now we greet;
On hay and straw they laid Thee,
In wretched poverty;...
Thy birthday now we greet;
On hay and straw they laid Thee,
In wretched poverty;
...O blessèd Child.
And kiss the straw that forms Thy chilly bed
In winter wild....
O blessèd Child.
And kiss the straw that forms Thy chilly bed
In winter wild.
...The shepherds were crouching o’er the fire
On pipes of straw did play;
When lo! broke forth the angel choir,...
The shepherds were crouching o’er the fire
On pipes of straw did play;
When lo! broke forth the angel choir,
...Joseph, sweep the stable clean,
Strew the straw, though all is mean.
Here the temple, here the throne,...
Joseph, sweep the stable clean,
Strew the straw, though all is mean.
Here the temple, here the throne,
...His cradle is the oxen’s stall,
The straw His drapery:
’Tis love that makes the Innocent...
His cradle is the oxen’s stall,
The straw His drapery:
’Tis love that makes the Innocent
...A helpless Infant draws its breath.
On straw the Almighty lays His head,
Nor spurns the manger for His bed;...
A helpless Infant draws its breath.
On straw the Almighty lays His head,
Nor spurns the manger for His bed;
...The infant Baptist had revealed.
The manger and the straw He bore,
The cradle did He not abhor:...
The infant Baptist had revealed.
The manger and the straw He bore,
The cradle did He not abhor:
...Chanting this our litany.
By Thy humble bed of straw,
Thy obedience to the law;...
Chanting this our litany.
By Thy humble bed of straw,
Thy obedience to the law;
...Each man’s work will be tested by fire.
If our work displays only wood, straw, hay,
We will suffer great loss and shame....
Each man’s work will be tested by fire.
If our work displays only wood, straw, hay,
We will suffer great loss and shame.
...Have sheets of lace without a flaw,
His pillow was a wisp of straw!
He chose this way, it may have been,...
Have sheets of lace without a flaw,
His pillow was a wisp of straw!
He chose this way, it may have been,
...No care for earthly fame have we; we share God’s history.
Our worthless house of straw we build in vain no more;
We gather wood in one accord His dwelling to restore;...
No care for earthly fame have we; we share God’s history.
Our worthless house of straw we build in vain no more;
We gather wood in one accord His dwelling to restore;
...He waits for you this night;
Go see the Prince in manger straw
In royal stable bright....
He waits for you this night;
Go see the Prince in manger straw
In royal stable bright.
...On Thy Father’s breast,
How can a couch of straw
Afford Thee rest?...
On Thy Father’s breast,
How can a couch of straw
Afford Thee rest?
...For velvets soft and silken stuff
Thou hast but hay and straw so rough,
Whereon Thou King, so rich and great,...
For velvets soft and silken stuff
Thou hast but hay and straw so rough,
Whereon Thou King, so rich and great,
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