Listen to the Wondrous Story

Listen to the won­drous sto­ry

How upon the Christ­mas morn

Jesus left the realms of glo­ry

As a lit­tle babe was born;

Left those bright and hap­py re­gions

Of His Fa­ther’s home above

And the glo­ri­ous an­gel le­gions

In His great and bound­less love!

Came into a low­ly man­ger

Dwelt be­neath a hum­ble shed

And among His own a strang­er

Knew not where to lay His head;

Went from ci­ty un­to ci­ty

All His life was do­ing good

Weeping o’er His friend with pi­ty

When be­side the grave He stood.

Love all hu­man love ex­ceed­ing

Brought Him to a cru­el death

Even then

though hang­ing

bleed­ing

On the cross

His lat­est breath

Spent He for His mur­der­ers

pray­ing

To His Fa­ther to for­give;

To the thief re­pent­ant say­ing

Thou in para­dise shalt live!

Oh! what love in God the Fa­ther

To be­stow His on­ly Son;

Oh! what love in Christ

who ra­ther

Than the world should be un­done

Came Him­self to seek and save us

Came to claim us for His own;

Freely all our sins for­gave us

Raised us to His glo­ri­ous throne!