Family Corner
SEPTEMBER 2017
Years 1-10 Years 11-15
How Great Thou Art What Child Is This
Traditional English carol
Adapted by William C. Dix, ca. 1865
Stuart K. Hine, 1949; alt.
O Lord my God,
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds
Thy hands have made,
I see the stars,
I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy pow’r thro’out
The universe displayed.
What child is This,
Who, laid to rest,
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring Him laud,
The babe, the son of Mary.
Refrain:
Then sings my soul,
My Savior God, to Thee:
How great Thou art,
How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul,
My Savior God, to Thee:
How great Thou art
How great Thou art!
Why lies He in such mean estate,
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear; for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Nails, spear, shall pierce Him through;
The cross be borne for me, for you:
Hail, hail the Word made flesh,
The babe, the son of Mary.
When thro’ the woods
And forest glades I wander
And hear the birds
Sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down
From lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook
And feel the gentl