O won­drous grace! for guil­ty men
Was Je­sus born in Beth­le­hem;
He laid aside His ma­jes­ty,
And came to earth a man to be.

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My heart, so like the man­ger low­ly,
Is all un­wor­thy, Lord, for Thee;
Yet, as Thy home, by grace made ho­ly,
My heart for­ev­er­more shall be.

Men knew not in such hum­ble form,
Their Lord to save in love had come;
Almost un­heed­ed was the birth
Of our Re­deem­er on the earth.

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Tho’ He was rich, free­ly He gave
Up all, that He the lost might save;
Love, from the man­ger to the cross,
Made Him in glad­ness suf­fer loss.

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I love the Lord for stoop­ing so,
I’m glad that He did ev­er go
Thro’ hu­man life in hu­man form,
And ev­en shared with man His tomb.

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Like to the Lord, oh, may I be!
Like Him in His hu­mi­li­ty;
With love like His, to live alone,
To serve and bless the needy one.

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O let the song of praise as­cend
To Je­sus, who so low did bend;
Tell out the love that moved His heart,
That led Him e’en with life to part.

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