Christ in Song 457
A Child of the King
Words: Hattie E. BuellMusic: Rev. John B. Sumner
1My Fa-ther is rich in hous-es and lands, He hold-eth the wealth of the world in his hands!
My Fa-ther's own Son, the Sav-ior of men, Once wan-dered on earth as the poor-est of them;
I once was an out-cast, a strang-er on earth, A sin-ner by choice, and an al-ien by birth!
A tent or a cot-tage, why should I care? They're build-ing a pal-ace for me o-ver there!
RefrainI'm a child of the King, a child of the King! With Je-sus my Sav-ior, I'm a child of the King!
2Of rich-es and dia-monds, of sil-ver and gold, His cof-fers are full— He has rich-es un-told.
His robe is no peas-ant's cot-ton so blue, And will give me a crown; He has rich-es and hon-or,
But I've been a-dopt-ed, my name's writ-ten down, An heir to a man-sion, a robe, and a crown;
Tho' ex-iled from home, yet still I may sing: "All glo-ry to God, I'm a child of the King!"
- Words
- Hattie E. Buell
- Music
- Rev. John B. Sumner
- Scripture
- Romans 8:17; Galatians 4:7; 1 John 3:1
The verse
- Meter
- 21.21.23.21
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 31% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCD
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