Thou Fairest Child Divine

Thou fair­est Child di­vine

In yonder man­ger laid

In whom is God Him­self well pleased

By whom all things were made

On me art Thou be­stowed

How can such won­ders be!

The dear­est that the Fa­ther hath

He gives me here in Thee!

I was a foe to God

I fought in Sa­tan’s host

I tri­fled all His grace away

Alas! my soul was lost.

Yet God for­gives my sin

His heart

with pi­ty moved

He gives me

heav­en­ly Child

in Thee;

Lo! thus our God hath loved!

Once blind with sin and self

Along the treach­er­ous way

That ends in ru­in at the last

I hast­ened far as­tray;

Then God sent down His Son

For with a love most deep

Most un­de­served

His heart still yearned

O’er me

poor wan­der­ing sheep!

God with His life of love

To me was far and strange

My heart clung on­ly to the world

Of sight and sense and change;

In Thee

Im­ma­nu­el

Are God and man made one;

In Thee my heart hath peace with God

And un­ion in the Son.

Oh pon­der this

my soul

Our God hath loved us thus

That e’en His on­ly dear­est Son

He free­ly giv­eth us.

Thou pre­cious gift of God

The pledge and bond of love

With thank­ful heart I kneel to take

This trea­sure from above.

I kneel be­side Thy couch

I press Thee to my heart

For Thee I glad­ly all for­sake

And from the crea­ture part;

Thou price­less Pearl! lo

He

By whom Thou’rt loved and known

Will give Him­self and all He hath

To win Thee for His own.

Oh

come

Thou bless­èd Child

Thou Sav­ior of my soul

For ev­er bound to Thee

my name

Among Thy host en­roll.

O deign to take my heart

And let Thy heart be mine

That all my love flow out to Thee

And lose it­self in Thine.