A CHILD OF THE KING

Verse 1:
My Father is rich in houses and land,
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.

Chorus:
I'm a child of the King, A child of the King:
With Jesus my Savior I'm a child of the King.

Verse 2:
My Father's own Son, the Savior of men,
Once wandered on earth as the poorest of them;
But now He is pleading our pardon on high,
That we may be His when He comes by and by.

(Chorus)

Verse 4:
A tent or a cottage, 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

(Chorus)


WORDS BY: Harriet E. Buell
MUSIC BY: John B. Sumner


NOTE: I have ommitted Verse 3 due to a doctrinal fallacy.  
It states, "I once was an outcast stranger on earth, / A 
sinner by choice, and an alien by birth."  We are not 
alienated from God at birth -- at birth, we're sinless, 
so there's nothing to separate from God.  This verse teaches 
total depravitry, which is a false doctrine.