There Was No Room For Them In The Inn

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Thou, the Eternal Son

Author: Harriet M. Kimball
Tune: GREENWOOD (Sweetser)
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1 Thou, the Eternal Son
Though of Thy glory shorn;
Thou, very God of very God
Though Man of Mary born—

2 Is there no room for Thee
Even in Bethl’hem's inn?
Dost Thou who comest to Thine own
From them no welcome win?

3 Dost Thou the bitter cross
So eagerly embrace
For us, and we for Thee prepare
No poorest dwelling place?

4 No room for Thee? No room
For love and sacrifice
Such as no mortal could conceive
And none but Thou devise?

5 O sweetest Jesus, hear!
Though I am poor indeed,
I know I can provide a spot
To meet Thy lowly need.

6 Such love as Thine must crave,
Above all other things,
The love of those on whom ’tis spent,
And all that loving brings.

7 For love is shelter, food,
A bed of down, a throne;
Its very breath obedience
To him whom it doth own.

8 Come, sweetest Jesus, then,
In this poor heart abide;
And I shall love Thee more and more
Till love is satisfied.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15161

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Author: Harriet M. Kimball

Kimball, Harriet McEwan, a native and resident of Portsmouth, Newhaven, is the author of Hymns, Boston, 1866; Swallow Flights of Song, 1874, &c. Her hymns include:— 1. At times on Tabor's height. Faith and Joy 2. Dear Lord, to Thee alone. Lent. 3. It is an easy thing to say. Humble Service. 4. We have no tears Thou wilt not dry. Affliction. Appeared in the Poets of Portsmouth, 1864, and the Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, and others. In Miss Kimball's Hymns, 1866, this hymn begins with stanza iii. of "Jesus the Ladder of my faith." Several of Miss Kimball's poems were included in Baynes's Illustrated Book of Sacred Poems, 1867. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Diction… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Thou, the Eternal Son
Title:	There Was No Room For Them In The Inn
Author:	Harriet M. Kimball
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Source:	Poems (Boston: Little, Brown, 1911)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain