That Little Babe In Bethlehem

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That little Babe in Bethlehem

Author: Grace W. Hinsdale
Tune: BEATITUDO
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 That little Babe in Bethlehem,
Upon its mother’s knee,
Created all the mighty worlds
Which o’er my head I see.

2 And this sweet earth I walk upon,
Was made so bright and fair
By Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
Who lies an infant there.

3 How could He leave His home on high,
To take that manger bed?
The angels long to spread their wings
Beneath His sacred head.

4 O Jesus! make my spirit like
Thine infant heart so meek;
And shut my eyes to earthly good,
While things above I seek.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15261

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Author: Grace W. Hinsdale

Hinsdale, Grace Webster, née Haddock, a Congregationalism daughter married to Theodore Hinsdale, a lawyer of New York, in 1850. Mrs. Hinsdale is a contributor to the periodical press, and has published Coming to the King, a Book of Daily Devotion for Children, 1865; republished in England as Daily Devotions for Children, 1867. Her hymns include :— i. From Coming to the King, 1865. 1. A light streams downward from the sky. Heaven. 2. My soul complete in Jesus stands (1855). Safety in Jesus. ii. From Schaff’s Christ in Song, N.Y., 1869. 3. Are there no wounds for me? Passiontide. Written April, 1868. 4. Jesus, the rays divine. Jesus ever present. Written July, 1868. 5. There was no angel 'midst the throng. Jesus, the D… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	That little Babe in Bethlehem
Title:	That Little Babe In Bethlehem
Author:	Grace W. Hinsdale
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Source:	Coming to the King (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1865)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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BEATITUDO

Composed by John B. Dykes (PHH 147), BEATITUDO was published in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1875), where it was set to Isaac Watts' "How Bright Those Glorious Spirits Shine." Originally a word coined by Cicero, BEATITUDO means "the condition of blessedness." Like many of Dykes's…

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