137. He Left the Brightness of His Home

8.6.8.4.
1
He left the brightness of His home
 
For sinners such as I;
 
Rejected and a stranger here,
 
He came to die!
2
Only begotten Son of God!
 
He left the courts on high
 
To tread the weary paths of earth;
 
He came to die!
3
And angel voices at His birth
 
His praises chanted high;
 
Heaven shone upon His lowly bed;
 
He came to die!
4
His life on earth was lowliness,
 
To God and sinners nigh;
 
He had nowhere to lay His head;
 
He came to die!
5
His was the voice that breathed o’er time,
 
The comfort of the sky!
 
"Come unto Me," for us He came;
 
He came to die!
6
He loved the ones for whom He died — 
 
Not ours to question why;
 
But ours to know the love of Him
 
Who came to die!
7
His is the loving voice we hear
 
That leads us to the sky.
 
We bless Thee, Lord, who came to earth
 
For us to die!
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