(the Baby In a Manger)

(THE BABY IN A MANGER)


                MANY MANY YEARS AGO
                IN A MANGER FAR AWAY.
                A BABY BOY NAMED JESUS
                WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY.


                THE SHEPPARDS,CAME FROM VERY FAR
                TO SEE THIS BABY BOY,
                FOR HE WOULD BE A KING SOMEDAY
                AND HE WOULD REIGN ON HIGH.


                THE LITTLE BOY ,BECAME A MAN
                AND DONE HIS FATHERS WILL,
                TO BRING GOOD TIDINGS TO THE POOR
                AND TODAY THEY DO IT STILL.


                SOME DID NOT BELIEVE IN HIM
                SO THEY MOCK HIS HOLY NAME,
                THEY NAILED HIM TO A RUGGED CROSS
                WITHOUT REMORSE OR SHAME.


                HE DIED SO YOU AND I COULD LIVE
                IN PEACE FOREVERMORE,
                AND YOU WOULD HAVE A HOME IN HEAVEN
                WNEN THIS LIFE IS OVER.


                IF YOU DONT BELIEVE THE STORY
                THATS OK,YOU SEE
                FOR SOMEDAY SOON HE WILL SOON RETURN
                FOR THOSE WHO ARE SET FREE,


                   WRITTEN BY ANN HART COPYRIGHTED
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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