By Thy Birth, Thou Holiest One

For Christmas

Words: Anonymous

Music: Anonymous

Source: A. B. Goodrich, ed., A New Service And Tune Book For Sunday Schools (New York: Gen. Prot. Episc. S. S. Union and Church Book Society, 1863, New Edition, Enlarged, 1866), #86, pp. 86-7.

1. By Thy Birth, Thou Holiest One,
Very God, yet Mary's Son;
Seen in swaddling bands arrayed,
And in Bethlehem's manger laid.

Chorus
Born for us a little child,
Cleanse and keep us undefiled,
Cleanse and keep us undefiled.

2. By the Angel words that led
Shepherds to Thy lowly bed,
Teaching us the songs of Heaven,
Unto whom a Son is given. Chorus

3. By Thy duteous reverence still
Subject to Thy parents' will;
Winning, both from God and man,
Favour such as childhood can. Chorus

4. Look upon us, Lord, for we
Ask but to Resemble Thee:
Treading in Thy footsteps here,
Walking in our Father's fear; Chorus

Sheet Music from A. B. Goodrich, ed., A New Service And Tune Book For Sunday Schools (New York: Gen. Prot. Episc. S. S. Union and Church Book Society, 1863, New Edition, Enlarged, 1866), #86, pp. 86-7.

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