It is night and my eyes are open wide
Though the light be dim, they see as clear as day
My mind travels far though time
In thoughts of tomorrow and yesterday
I go back to a time of old
To a night so dark and deep
To the Infant Child who was foretold
The Promise of the Father to keep.
The babe of the manger, the man on the Cross
Born of the wood to save man lost
Man of Israel, God of Earth
Heaven and earth joined by his Birth
Little Babe, answer to man’s imploring
So many hungry, empty hearts to fill
Shepherds, angels and kings adoring
Love Will reign, Sin be gone, Emmanuel.
The Babe, the gift of life bestowed
As infant, wrapped in clothes so gently
He came to reap what man had sowed
As man, we nailed you to the tree
The babe of the manger, the man on the Cross
Born of the wood to save man lost
Man of Israel, God of Earth
Heaven and earth joined by his Birth
The time is then, the time is now
God of love, Man of sorrowing
At whose name every knee shall bow
Jesus Christ, Savior and King.
You know my tears, you see my need
Man of Israel, God of Earth
Baby Jesus, upon my knee
I ask you for new birth
On this Christmas morn, heed my heart’s call
I pray that you will answer my plea
Today as yesterday, no time at all
Raise us all to heaven’s glory.
The babe of the manger, the man on the Cross
Born of the wood to save man lost
Man of Israel, God of Earth
Heaven and earth joined by his Birth
Laura Yunque
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