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GOD INCARNATE, by                    
First Line: Fairest lord jesus, serene you lay
Last Line: Some day we'll crown you our lord and king.
Subject(s): Christmas; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The


Fairest Lord Jesus, serene You lay
In swaddling clothes on a bed of hay.
What a bed for You to lie upon,
Who were one with God at creation's dawn!

Did lovely Mary sense that she
Above all women exalted would be?
Was Joseph aware among other things
That Your manger cradled the King of Kings?

Did the watchful shepherds realize,
When angelic hosts covered the skies
And glorified God for gift so rare,
That You were the answer to every prayer?

Did the Innkeeper ever learn that he
Had forfeited immortality?
Would jealous Herod have planned Your death
Had he known that You were the giver of breath?

Did the Wise Man know that the gold he shared
Was a "grain of mustard seed" compared
With the gold You'd stored in the bowels of earth,
Before ever woman travailed in birth?

Did the thoughtless crowd that passed Your manger
Understand the tragic danger
Of rejecting You, God's only Son
The Jewel of Heaven, the Worthy One?

Fairest Lord Jesus, today You reign
At God's right hand in that vast domain;
Redeemed of all ages around You sing;
Some day we'll crown You our Lord and King.





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