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.
D
My Father is rich in houses and lands,
He
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holdeth the
A7
wealth of the
D
world in His hands!
Of rubies and
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diamonds, of
G
silver and gold,
His
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coffers are
Bm
full,
G
He has
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rich
D-A7
es un
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told.
I’m a child of the King, A child of the King: With Jesus my Savior, I’m a child of the King.
D
I'm a child of the King,
A child of the King:
With
G
Jesus my
D
Savior,
G
I'm a
D
child
D-A7
of the
D
King.
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.
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.
D
My Father's own Son, the Savior of men,
Once
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wandered on
A7
earth as the
D
poorest of them.
But now He is
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pleading our
G
pardon on high,
That
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we may be
Bm
His
G
when He
D
comes
D-A7
by and
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by.
I’m a child of the King, A child of the King: With Jesus my Savior, I’m a child of the King.
D
I'm a child of the King,
A child of the King:
With
G
Jesus my
D
Savior,
G
I'm a
D
child
D-A7
of the
D
King.
3
I once was an out-cast stranger on earth, A sinner by choice, and an alien by birth; But I’ve been adopted, my name’s written down, An heir of salvation, the kingdom and crown.
I once was an out-cast stranger on earth,
A sinner by choice, and an alien by birth;
But I've been adopted, my name's written down,
An heir of salvation, the kingdom and crown.
D
I once was an out-cast stranger on earth,
A
Em
sinner by
A7
choice, and an
D
alien by birth;
But I've been
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adopted, my name's
G
written down,
An
D
heir of
Bm G
salvation, the
D D-A7
kingdom and
D
crown.
I’m a child of the King, A child of the King: With Jesus my Savior, I’m a child of the King.
D
I'm a child of the King,
A child of the King:
With
G
Jesus my
D
Savior,
G
I'm a
D
child
D-A7
of the
D
King.
4
Though poor on this earth, oh, why should I care? Since glorious things for me God doth prepare; Though trials abound, yet, still I may sing: All glory to God, I’m a child of the King.
Though poor on this earth, oh, why should I care?
Since glorious things for me God doth prepare;
Though trials abound, yet, still I may sing:
All glory to God, I'm a child of the King.
D
Though poor on this earth, oh, why should I care?
Since
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glorious
A7
things for me
D
God doth prepare;
Though trials abound,
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yet, still I
G
may sing:
All
D
glory to
Bm
God,
G
I'm a
D
child
D-A7
of the
D
King.
I’m a child of the King, A child of the King: With Jesus my Savior, I’m a child of the King.
I especially like stanza 2, that the Only Begotten Son of God walked on earth as the poorest of men.
Harriett Buell wrote the words for A Child of the King one Sunday morning while walking home from her Methodist church service. She sent her text to the Northern Christian Advocate, and it was printed in the February 1, 1877 issue.
John Sumner had been praying for a Gospel song to replace the one that would have been written by his friend and teacher Philip Bliss, who had recently suffered an untimely death. When Sumner saw these words in the Northern Christian Advocate, he knew his prayer had been answered.
Mr. Peter P. Bilhorn relates the following incident in connection with this hymn, which happened when he was engaged in evangelistic work among the cowboys in the West, in 1883. “We had started up the Missouri River for Bismarck, and on Sunday we stopped at a new town, named Blunt, to unload some freight. A crowd of men and boys came down to the wharf. I took my little organ, went on the wharf-boat, and sang a few songs—among others the glorious hymn, ‘I’m a child of of a King.’ I thought nothing more of the occasion until long afterward, when I sang the same song in Mr. Moody’s church in Chicago [Illinois]. Then a man in the back part of the house arose, and said in a trembling voice: ’Two years ago I heard that song at Blunt, Dakota; I was then an unsaved man, but that song set me to thinking, and I decided to accept Christ, and I am now studying for the ministry.’” - My Life and Story of the Gospel Hymns and of Sacred Songs and Solos by Ira D. Sankey
While talking to my aunt, she began to sing this song. She said she and my mother (recentely passed) sang it since they were growing up. I Googled it and downloaded the mp3 and the sheet music. I love this song and will play it often.
I was so glad that I found this song. My mother used to sing it when I was a child. I remember hearing it sung one time with the telling of a story in between the different verses about a poor rich man.
This song reminds me that when we belong to Jesus, we are a prince or a princess.