Scripture Verse

[He] made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. Philippians 2:7

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Charles S. Brown, The King’s Prais­es (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­cie­ty of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1899), num­ber 43 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Brown (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Precious is the sto­ry
How the King of glo­ry
Came to earth a low­ly child;
Came a lit­tle stran­ger,
Sleeping in a man­ger,
Simple, pure, and un­de­filed.
Christ our Sav­ior, bless­èd Sav­ior,
Came to earth a low­ly child.

Shepherds watch were keep­ing,
While their flocks were sleep­ing,
In Ju­dea far away,
When an an­gel cho­rus
Sang a song so glo­ri­ous
That it ech­oes still to­day;
Sang of Je­sus, bless­èd Je­sus,
Sang of Christ, the low­ly Child.

With a glo­ry beam­ing,
And a ra­di­ance stream­ing,
Shone a lit­tle stran­ger star;
And the wise men dar­ing,
Gold and trea­sures bear­ing,
Journeyed in its light afar;
Came to Je­sus, bless­èd Je­sus,
Came to Christ, the low­ly Child.