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A Child of the King
Bicol 38,  Cebuano 294,  Ilocano 195,  Tagalog 195
10.11.10.11.Ref.
JOY AND PEACE
I'm a child of the king, a child of the King!
With Jesus, my Savior, I'm a child of the King!
My Father is rich in houses and lands;
He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands!
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold,
His coffers are full- he has riches untold.
My Father's own Son, the Savior of men,
Once wandered on earth as the poorest of them;
But now He is pleading for sinners on high,
And will give me a home when He comes by and by.
I once was an outcast, a 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.
A tent or a cottage, O why should I care?
They're building a palace for me over there!
Though exiled from home, yet still I may sing:
"All glory to god, I'm a child of the King."

My Father is rich in houses and lands;
He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands!
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold,
His coffers are full- he has riches untold.

Refrain
I'm a child of the king, a child of the King!
With Jesus, my Savior, I'm a child of the King!

My Father's own Son, the Savior of men,
Once wandered on earth as the poorest of them;
But now He is pleading for sinners on high,
And will give me a home when He comes by and by.

I once was an outcast, a 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.

A tent or a cottage, O why should I care?
They're building a palace for me over there!
Though exiled from home, yet still I may sing:
"All glory to god, I'm a child of the King."


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   Hattie E. Buel (1834-1910) Arr. from a melody by John B. Sumner, 1878 (1838 1918)