When Christ Was Born In Bethlehem

Verse 1

When Christ was born in Bethlehem, Uncrowned with royal diadem, The child within the manger lay, No room within the inn that day; No room for Christ, the Holy Child, No room for Christ, the meek and mild Though ages since have come and gone, So many crowd out God’s dear Son.

Verse 2

No room for Christ has wayward youth, And heedless hearts turn from His truth; By business, pleasure crowded out, And life is spent in darkness, doubt; If for Him here there is no room, How dread at last will be the doom; Forever banished from Him there, In deep, unspeakable despair.