See this child

See this child on father’s knee,
Baby’s laugh and gurgling smile.
Yet in scripture we foresee
Punishment both cruel and vile,
For this child is God’s own Son;
This is Jesus, Holy One.

See this child in mother’s arms,
Nursing most contentedly, 
Who will face most grievous harms
For the witness he must be.
See, this baby is God’s own;
Through him God’s full love is shown.

See this child now sleeping fast, 
Tightly closed his little eyes, 
He who on the cross at last
Suffers for us all and dies.
Jesus, Savior, Lord is he,
Born for us, for you, for me.

 

 

TEXT: Charles Spence Freeman, January 2022.

MUSIC: Suggested tune REDHEAD 76, Richard Redhead, 1853.

 

 

I suppose if you contemplate the Christmas event long enough, it becomes impossible not to reflect on the Good Friday that eventually comes for the newborn child.