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THE CRIB AND THE CROSS

Scripture Verse

Bethlehem Ephrathah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Micah 5:2

Introduction

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Benjamin C. Boulter
(1876–1960)

Words: Ben­ja­min C. Boul­ter, in Car­ols Old and Car­ols New, by Charles L. Hut­chins (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Par­ish Choir, 1916), num­ber 737.

Music: Ber­tha Boul­ter (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

Where shall the Prince of Peace be born,
And where shall the Sav­ior rest?
In a sta­ble bare, in a crib for­lorn:
For the bu­sy inn doth cru­el­ly scorn
Its great and glo­ri­ous guest.

Where shall the Prince of Peace be born,
And where shall the Sav­ior rest?
To a ru­ined church, on a Christ­mas morn,
To a world by hat­red and war­fare torn,
He com­eth the Sav­ior blest.

Where shall the Prince of Peace be born,
And where shall the Sav­ior rest?
In the hearts of men that are crowned with thorn,
In the hearts of lone­ly wo­men that mourn,
In the hearts of the poor op­pressed.

Bare and un­wor­thy this heart of mine,
Yet there shall the Sav­ior rest;
For the al­tar lights on the cra­dle shine,
And the glo­ry of God fills the ru­ined shrine,
Quia Je­sus na­tus est.