"Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly……" — Cecil Frances Alexander
"Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a Mother laid her Baby In a manger for His bed: Mary was that Mother mild Jesus Christ her little Child . . . With the poor, and mean, and lowly, Lived on earth our Savior Holy."
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7 Quotes by Cecil Frances Alexander
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Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He. . . . . For He is our childhood's pattern,…
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We are but little children weak Nor born in any high estate. . . . . There's not a child…
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When the friends we love the best Lie in their churchyard bed, We must not cry too bitterly Over the…
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He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has…
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The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, And order'd…
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There is a green hill far away, Without a city wall, Where the dear Lord was crucified, Who died to…
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