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From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Author: M. Luther, 1483-1546; C. Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 145 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord First Line: "From heav'n above to earth I come Lyrics: 1 "From heav'n above to earth I come
To bear good news to ev'ry home;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring,
Whereof I now will say and sing:
2 "To you this night is born a child
Of Mary, chosen Virgin mild;
This little child, of lowly birth,
Shall be the joy of all the earth.
13 Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child,
Make Thee a bed, soft, undefiled,
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber kept for Thee.
15 Glory to God in highest heav'n,
Who unto us His Son hath giv'n!
While angels sing with pious mirth
A glad new year to all the earth.
Used With Tune: VON HIMMEL HOCH
From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
What Child Is This?
Author: W. C. Dix, 1837-98 Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.8.6.7 Appears in 202 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord First Line: What Child is this, who, laid to rest Lyrics: 1 What child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
Haste, haste to bring Him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!
2 Why lies He in such mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christians, fear: for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Nails, spear shall pierce Him through,
The cross be borne for me, for you;
Hail, hail the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!
3 So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh;
Come, peasant, king, to own Him;
The King of kings salvation brings;
Let loving hearts enthrone Him.
Raise, raise the song on high,
The Virgin sings her lullaby;
Joy, joy, for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!
Used With Tune: GREENSLEEVES
What Child Is This?
Once in Royal David's City
Author: C. F. Alexander1818-95 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 407 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord Lyrics: 1 Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed
Where a mother laid her Baby
In a manger for his bed.
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
2 He came down to earth from heaven,
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall;
With the poor and mean and lowly,
Lived on earth our Savior holy.
3 Jesus is our childhood's pattern;
Day by day like us He grew;
He was little, weak, and helpless;
Tears and smiles like us He knew,
And He feeleth for our sadness,
And He shareth in our gladness.
4 And our eyes at last shall see Him,
Through His own redeeming love;
For that Child, so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in heav'n above;
And he leads His children on
To the place where He is gone.
5 Not in that poor lowly stable
With the oxen standing by
We shall see Him; but in heaven,
Set at God's right hand on high;
Where, like stars, His children crowned,
All in white shall wait around.
Used With Tune: IRBY
Once in Royal David's City
A Great and Mighty Wonder
Author: St. Germanus, 634-734; J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Appears in 106 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord Lyrics: 1 A great and mighty wonder,
A full and holy cure:
The Virgin bears the Infant
With virgin honor pure!
Repeat the hymn again:
"To God on high be glory
And peace on earth to men!"
2 The Word becomes incarnate
And yet remains on high,
And cherubim sing anthems
To shepherds from the sky.
Repeat the hymn again:
"To God on high be glory
And peace on earth to men!"
3 While thus they sing your Monarch,
Those bright angelic bands,
Rejoice, ye vales and mountains,
Ye oceans, clap your hands.
Repeat the hymn again:
"To God on high be glory
And peace on earth to men!"
4 Since all He comes to ransom,
By all be He adored,
The Infant born in Bethl'em,
The Savior and the Lord.
Repeat the hymn again:
"To God on high be glory
And peace on earth to menl"
5 And idol forms shall perish,
And error shall decay,
And Christ shall wield His scepter,
Our Lord and God for aye.
Repeat the hymn again:
"To God on high be glory
And peace on earth to men!"
Used With Tune: ES IST EIN ROS
A Great and Mighty Wonder
Silent Night
Author: F. J. Mohr, 1792-1848; J. F. Young, 1820-85 Meter: Irregular Appears in 621 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord First Line: Silent night! Holy night! Lyrics: 1 Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright,
Round yon Virgin mother and Child.
Holy infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace!
Sleep in heavenly peace!
2 Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar;
Heav'nly hosts sing, Alleluia;
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born!
3 Silent night! Holy night!
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.
4 Silent night! Holy night!
Wondrous star, lend thy light;
With the angels let us sing,
Alleluia to our King;
Christ the Savior is born,
Christ the Savior is born. Used With Tune: STILLE NACHT
Silent Night
Joy to the World
Author: I. Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,856 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord First Line: Joy to the world, the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing.
2 Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love. Scripture: Psalm 98 Used With Tune: ANTIOCH
Joy to the World
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Author: N. Tate, 1672-1715 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,098 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night Lyrics: 1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
2 "Fear not," said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind;
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.
3 "To you, in David's town, this day,
Is born of David's line
A Savior, who is Christ the Lord;
And this shall be the sign:
4 The heav'nly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swaddling-clothes
And in a manger laid."
5 Thus spake the seraph,and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels, praising God, and thus
Addressed their joyful song:
6 "All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from Heav'n to men
Begin and never cease."
Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Author: C. Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 1,325 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord First Line: Hark! The herald angels sing Lyrics: 1 Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With th'angelic host proclaim.
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!"
2 Christ, by highest heav'n adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold Him come,
Offspring of a virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
Hail th'incarnate Deity!
Pleased as Man with man to dwell;
Jesus, our Immanuel!
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!"
3 Hail, the heav'nly Prince of Peace!
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Ris'n with healing in His wings.
Mild, He leaves His throne on high,
Born that man no more may die;
Born to raise the sons of earth;
Born to give them second birth,
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!"
4 Come, Desire of Nations, come,
Fix in us Thy humble home;
Rise, the women's conqu'ring Seed,
Bruise in us the serpent's head.
Adam's likeness, Lord, efface;
Print Thine image in its place;
O to all Thyself impart,
Formed in each believing heart.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!"
Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Author: J. F. Wade, c. 1711-1786; F. Oakeley,1802-80 Meter: Irregular Appears in 729 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord Refrain First Line: O come, let us adore Him Lyrics: 1 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold Him, born the King of angels;
Refrain:
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
2 God of God, Light of Light,
Lo! He comes forth from the Virgin's womb:
Our very God, begotten, not created, [Refrain]
3 Sing, choirs of angels; sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heav'n above;
Glory to God, all glory in the highest; [Refrain]
4 Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning;
Jesus, to Thee be glory giv'n;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing; [Refrain]
Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Angels We Have Heard on High
Author: J. Chadwick, 1813-82 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 235 hymnals Topics: Nativity of our Lord Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Lyrics: 1 Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo;
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
2 Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song?
What glad tidings did you hear?
Gloria in excelsis Deo;
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
3 Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the new-born king.
Gloria in excelsis Deo;
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
4 See, within a manger laid,
Jesus, Lord of heav'n and earth,
Lend your voices, lend your aid
To proclaim the Savior's birth!
Gloria in excelsis Deo;
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Used With Tune: GLORIA
Angels We Have Heard on High
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