Justification
A Child of The King
- Words:
- Harriet E. Buell, 1877, alt. Music and Setting: 'Binghamton' John Bunnell Sumner, 1877.
- Metre:
- 10 11 11 11 11 12
- 1My Father is rich in houses and lands,He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands!Of rubies and diamonds of silver and goldHis coffers are full,‐ He has riches untold.I'm a child of the King, a child of the King:With Jesus my Savior I'm a child of the King.
- 2My Father's own Son, the Savior of men,Once wander'd o'er earth as the poorest of men,But now He is reigning forever on high,And will give me a home in heaven by and by.I'm a child of the King, a child of the King:With Jesus my Savior I'm a child of the King.
- 3I once was an outcast stranger on earth,A sinner by choice, and an alien by birth!But I've been adopted, my name's written down,‐An heir to a mansion, a robe, and a crown.I'm a child of the King, a child of the King:With Jesus my Savior I'm a child of the King.
- 4A tent or a cottage, why should I care?They're building a palace for me over there!Tho' exiled from home, yet, still I may sing:All glory to God, I'm the child of a King.I'm a child of the King, a child of the King:With Jesus my Savior I'm a child of the King.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1877, the words are in 449 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Binghamton, is in 280 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.