What brought Thee to the manger,
                                        
                                        O Christ-child sweet and dear?
                                        
                                        Thy love for me, a stranger—
                                        
                                        Oh, be Thou ever near!
                                        
                                        O Lord, how great is this Thy love
                                        
                                        That reaches down from Heav’n above,
                                        
                                        Thy love for us, by sin defiled,
                                        
                                        That made Thee, God, a child!