5 Risen with healing in his wings,
Light and life to all he brings.
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!

Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace!

18 "Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

HILE shepherds watch'd 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,

The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord;

4

And this shall be the sign.

The heavenly Babe you there shall find,

To human view display'd,

All meanly wrapt in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid."

5 Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng.

Of angels, praising God, and thus
Address'd their joyful song:

[C. M.

6 "All glory be to God on high,

And to the earth be peace;

Good-will henceforth from heaven to men
Begin, and never cease."

19

"Let us now go even unto Bethlehem."

[P. M.

COME, all ye faithful,

Joyful and triumphant;

O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him

Born, the King of angels:
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 abhors not the Virgin's womb;

Very God,

Begotten, not created:

O come, let us adore him, &c.

3 Sing, choirs of angels,

Sing in exultation,

Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above,

Glory to God

In the highest;

O come, let us adore him, &c.

4 Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesu, to thee be glory given;
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing;
O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

20 "And suddenly there was with the angel a multi- [8s. 7s. tude of the heavenly host, praising God."

HARK! what mean those holy voices
Sweetly sounding through the skies?
Lo! the angelic host rejoices,

Heavenly hallelujahs rise.

2 Listen to the wondrous story,

3

4

Which they chant in hymns of joy— "Glory in the highest, glory!

Glory be to God most high!

"Peace on earth, good-will from heaven,
Reaching far as man is found;

Souls redeemed and sins forgiven,

Loud our golden harps shall sound.

"Christ is born; the great Anointed!
Heaven and earth his praises sing!

O receive whom God appointed

For your Prophet, Priest, and King!

5 "Hasten, mortals, to adore him;
Learn his name to magnify,

Till in heaven ye sing before him,
Glory be to God most high!"

21 “Behold I bring you glad tidings of great joy." [SIX 105.

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'HRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn,

Whereon the Saviour of mankind was born;
Rise to adore the mystery of love,

Which hosts of angels chanted from above;
With them the joyful tidings first begun
Of God incarnate and the Virgin's Son.

2 Then to the watchful shepherds it was told,
Who heard the angelic herald's voice: "Behold,
I bring good tidings of a Saviour's birth
To you and all the nations upon earth:
This day hath God fulfill'd his promised word,
This day is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord."

3 He spake; and straightway the celestial choir
In hymns of joy, unknown before, conspire:
The praises of redeeming love they sang,
And heaven's whole arch with alleluias rang:
God's highest glory was their anthem still,
Peace upon earth, and unto men good-will.

4 To Bethlehem straight the happy shepherds ran, To see the Wonder God had wrought for man:

And found, with Joseph and the blessed maid,
Her Son, the Saviour, in a manger laid;
Amazed the wondrous story they proclaim,
The earliest heralds of the Saviour's name.

Let us, like these good shepherds, then employ
Our grateful voices to proclaim the joy;
Trace we the Babe, who hath retrieved our loss,
From his poor manger to his bitter cross;
Treading his steps, assisted by his grace,
Till man's first heavenly state again takes place.

6 Then may we hope, the angelic thrones among,
To sing, redeemed, a glad triumphal song;
He, that was born upon this joyful day,
Around us all his glory shall display;
Saved by his love, incessant we shall sing
Of angels and of angel-men the King.

22

“Behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top [D. C. M. of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels

of God ascending and descending on it.”

T came upon the midnight clear,

IT

That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold;
Peace on the earth, good-will to men,

From heaven's all-gracious King;

The world in solemn stillness lay

To hear the angels sing.