#448 in Soul-Stirring Songs & Hymns (1972 ed.), this
hymn is located right in the middle of the Christmas
songs. Yet it's not really a Christmas song any more
than One Day is - the only reference to Christmas is
the second verse. It's really more of a challenge to
the Christian, to make sure that Christ is first in
your life--not fifth or sixth, 63rd, or somewhere way
lower than He should be. I hope you enjoy!
1. Is Christ crowded out of your busy life
With the toiling that each day...(+)
#448 in Soul-Stirring Songs & Hymns (1972 ed.), this
hymn is located right in the middle of the Christmas
songs. Yet it's not really a Christmas song any more
than One Day is - the only reference to Christmas is
the second verse. It's really more of a challenge to
the Christian, to make sure that Christ is first in
your life--not fifth or sixth, 63rd, or somewhere way
lower than He should be. I hope you enjoy!
1. Is Christ crowded out of your busy life
With the toiling that each day brings?
With the strain and stress of the cares that press
You’ve no time for the King of kings.
2. “No room in the inn” for the Christ-Child
blest,
“In a manger so low He lay”;
In the hearts of men o’er and o’er again,
There’s no room for Him still today.
3. “The foxes have holes and the birds have
nests,
“But nowhere for His head divine
“Had the Son of Man,” should He come again
Find a place in your heart and mine.
4. The hearts of the ones whom He died to save
Is the home which He seeks today;
By His life bought yet He is crowded out,
And “away with Him,” still they say.
5. There’s coming a day in the great sometime
If for Christ you have never room,
You will knock and wait at the pearly gate,
Crowded out there will be your doom.
Chorus: Crowded out! Crowded out!
You’ve no time for His service, you say;
While for pleasure and business you always have
time,
Is Christ crowded out today?
