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.