Room in the Inn

Music from the New Era

1. Ah, Joseph, how you wearily implore
that someone will have pity on your plight,
And, with compassion, open wide the door—
For Jesus will be born this holy night.
Will no one offer shelter to the stranger?
Must Christ the King be cradled in a manger?

Chorus:
That night there was no room in the inn;
This night may there be room within—
Within my heart for him.

2. Ah, Mary, how you patiently endure!
While heav’n awaits the blessed baby’s birth,
You wait outside the inn—alone, obscure—
And pray for some compassion here on earth!
You would have given shelter to the stranger.
Why must your Son lie cradled in a manger?

Chorus

3. O Father, how thy sons and daughters cry—
The lonely ones, the weary, the oppressed.
Fill thou my heart with love, that I may try
To lift another’s burden, give him rest.
Oh, may I have compassion for the stranger.
Remembering that Baby in a manger!
Chorus

Text: Marvin Gardner

Music: Vanja Watkins

Artist: Gardner/Watkins

Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: New Era

Composition Date: 1989-12-01

More Info: New Era

Topics

Christmas, inn, Joseph, Jesus Christ--birth, Mary, service, love