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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 242 · Words: Christina G. Rossetti · Tune: GARTAN
Love Came Down at Christmas
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A short Christmas poem by Christina Rossetti (1885) meditating on the incarnation of divine love. It moves from the nativity sign to the call for love as the Christian's response and token.
Verse 1
Love came down
at Christmas,
Love all lovely,
Love divine;
Love was born
at Christmas;
star and angels
gave the sign.
Verse 2
Worship we
the Godhead,
Love incarnate,
Love divine;
worship we
our Jesus,
but wherewith
for sacred sign?
Verse 3
Love shall be
our token;
love be yours and
love be mine;
love to God
and all men,
love for plea
and gift and sign.
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