JOSEPH PLIES HIS TRADE

Where Joseph plies his trade,
Lol Jesus labours too;
The hands that all things made
An earthly craft pursue,
That weary men in Him, may rest,
And faithful toil through Him be blest.

Among the doctors see
The Boy so full of grace;
Say, wherefore taketh He
The scholar's lowly place?
That Christian boys,
with revelence meet,
May sit and learn at Jesus feet.