Jesus who lived above the sky,
Came down to be a Man and die;
And in the Bible we may see
How very good He used to be.
He went about—He was so kind—
To cure poor people who were blind;
And many who were sick and lame,
He pitied them, and did the same.
And more than that, He told them too
The things that God would have them do;
And was so gentle and so mild,
He would have listened to a child.
But such a cruel death He died;
He was hung up and crucified!
And those kind hands that did such good,
They nailed them to a cross of wood!
And so He died: and this is why
He came to be a Man and die:
The Bible says He came from heaven
That we might have our sins forgiven.
He knew how wicked man had been,
And knew that God must punish sin;
So, out of pity, Jesus said
He’d bear the punishment instead.
ML 04/16/1944