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The lyrics also show a trend toward those more commonly associated with "Children, Go Where I Send Thee." For instance, the line "Two, two, the lily-white boys clothed all in green" in Grainger's recording has become "One was the little white babe all dressed in blue" in the Bellwood Prison Camp recording.
In Bethlehem upon that morn, There was a blessed Messiah born. 2. The night before that happy tide, The noble virgin and her guide Were long time seeking up and down To find a lodging in the town. But mark how all things came to pass From every door repelled, alas, As was foretold, their refuge all Was but a humble ox's stall. 3.
A Child is born in Bethlehem; Exult for joy, Jerusalem! There, in a manger lowly, lies. He who reigns above the skies. The ox and ass in neighbouring stall. See in that Child the Lord of all. And kingly pilgrims, long foretold. From East bring incense, myrrh, and gold, And enter with their offerings. To hail the new-born King of Kings.
Born for us on Earth below, See, the tender Lamb appears, Promised from eternal years. Chorus: Hail, thou ever blessed morn, Hail redemption's happy dawn, Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Lo, within a manger lies He who built the starry skies; He who, throned in height sublime, Sits among the cherubim. Hail…
The writer of the carol is not known. However, the lyrics are traditionally described as being a traditional folk hymn from the English county of Kent. [3] However Erik Routley noted that its composition was "very much of the 18th century". [2]
Altar in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem Nativity of Jesus, by Botticelli, c. 1473–1475. Matthew and Luke agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem during the reign of Herod the Great. [7] In Luke the newborn baby is placed in a manger "because there was no place in the katalyma ". [17]
Matthew 2:1 states that "Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king". He also implies that Jesus could have been as much as two years old at the time of the visit of the Magi , because Herod ordered the murder of all boys up to the age of two years ( Massacre of the Innocents ), "in accordance with the time he had ...
The Christ Child—also known as Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, Child Jesus, Divine Child, Divine Infant and the Holy Child—refers to Jesus Christ during his early years. The term refers to a period of Jesus' life , described in the canonical Gospels , encompassing his nativity in Bethlehem , the visit of the Magi , and his presentation at the ...