Angels, From The Realms Of Glory
Verse 1
Angels, from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o'er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation's story
Now proclaim Messiah's birth:
Chorus
Come and worship, come and worship;
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
Verse 2
Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching o'er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing;
Yonder shines the Infant light:
(CHORUS)
Verse 3
Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations;
Ye have seen His natal star:
(CHORUS)
Verse 4
Saints before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear,
Suddenly the Lord, descending
In His temple shall appear:
(CHORUS)
Verse 5
Tho’ an infant now we view Him,
He will share His Father's throne;
Gather all the nations to Him;
Every knee shall then bow down:
Henry Thomas Smart and James Montgomery
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Angels We Have Heard On High
Verse 1
Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply,
Echo back their joyous strains.
Chorus
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Verse 2
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What may the tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song?
(CHORUS)
Verse 3
Come to Bethlehem, and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
(CHORUS)
Verse 4
See within a manger laid
Jesus, Lord of heav’n and earth!
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
With us sing our Savior’s birth.
(CHORUS)
Edward Shippen Barnes and James Chadwick
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 Arise, Shine Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Verse Come, Thou long-expected Jesus,
Arise, shine, Born to set Thy people free.
for thy Light is come. From our fears and sins release us;
Arise, shine, Let us find our rest in Thee.
for thy Light is come: Israel's Strength and Consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Chorus Dear Desire of every nation,
And the glory of the Lord is risen, Joy of every longing heart.
The glory of the Lord is come,
The glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. Born Thy people to deliver,
Jay Robinson and Steve Urspringer
Born a Child and yet a King,
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Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
Away In A Manger By Thine own eternal Spirit,
Rule in all our hearts alone;
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, By Thine all-sufficient merit,
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. Raise us to Thy glorious throne.
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay;
Charles Wesley and Rowland Hugh Prichard
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The cattle are lowing; the Baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus-no crying He makes. Emmanuel
I love Thee, Lord Jesus; look down from the sky, Emmanuel, Emmanuel,
And stay by my side until morning is nigh. His name is called Emmanuel;
Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask Thee to stay God with us, revealed in us;
Close by me forever, and love me, I pray. His name is called Emmanuel.
Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care, Bob McGee
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James Ramsey Murray, John Thomas McFarland, and Martin Luther
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 The First Noel
Verse 1
The first Noel, the angel did say,
That hath made heav’n and earth of naught,
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
And with His blood mankind hath bought.
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
Chorus
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
Verse 2
They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the east, beyond them far,
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.
(CHORUS)
Verse 3
And by the light of that same star
Three Wise Men came from country far;
To seek for a king was their intent,
And to follow the star wherever it went.
(CHORUS)
Verse 4
This star drew nigh to the northwest,
O'er Bethlehem it took its rest,
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.
(CHORUS)
Verse 5
Then entered in those Wise Men three,
Full rev'rently upon their knee,
And offered there in His presence
Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.
(CHORUS)
Verse 6
Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heav’nly Lord,
(CHORUS)
John Stainer
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Go, Tell It On The Mountain
Chorus
Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born!
Verse 1
While shepherds kept their watching
O'er silent flocks by night,
Behold! thro’out the heavens
There shone a holy light.
(CHORUS)
Verse 2
The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed the Savior's birth.
(CHORUS)
Verse 3
Down in a lowly manger
The humble Christ was born,
And brought us God’s salvation
That blessed Christmas morn.
(CHORUS)
John W. Work Jr.
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 Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Good Christian men, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice!
Give ye heed to what we say:
News! News! Jesus Christ is born today!
Ox and ass before Him bow,
And He is in the manger now.
Christ is born today!
Christ is born today!
Good Christian men, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice!
Now ye hear of endless bliss:
Joy! Joy! Jesus Christ was born for this!
He hath opened heaven’s door
And man is blessed forevermore.
Christ was born for this!
Christ was born for this!
Good Christian men, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice!
Now ye need not fear the grave:
Peace! Peace! Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one and calls you all
To gain His everlasting hall.
Christ was born to save!
Christ was born to save!
John Mason Neale
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn 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 newborn King.”
Christ, by highest heav'n adored;
Christ, the everlasting Lord!
Late in time behold Him come,
Offspring of the Virgin's womb:
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
Hail th'incarnate Deity,
Pleased as man with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King.”
Hail, the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Ris'n with healing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that men 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 newborn King.”
Charles Wesley and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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 How Great Our Joy! I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
Verse 1 Verse 1
While by the sheep we watched at night, I heard the bells on Christmas day
Glad tidings bro’t an angel bright. Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Chorus Of peace on earth, goodwill to men.
How great our joy!
Great our joy! Verse 2
Joy, joy, joy! I thought how, as the day had come,
Joy, joy, joy! The belfries of all Christendom
Praise we the Lord in heav’n on high! Had rolled along th'unbroken song
Praise we the Lord in heav’n on high! Of peace on earth, goodwill to men.
Verse 2 Verse 3
There shall be born, so he did say, And in despair I bowed my head:
In Bethlehem a Child today. “There is no peace on earth,” I said,
“For hate is strong, and mocks the song
(CHORUS) Of peace on earth, goodwill to men.”
Verse 3 Verse 4
There shall the Child lie in a stall, Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
This Child who shall redeem us all. “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
(CHORUS) The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With peace on earth, goodwill to men.”
Verse 4
This Gift of God we’ll cherish well, Verse 5
That ever joy our hearts shall fill. Then ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day-
(CHORUS) A voice,, a chime a chant sublime
Hugo Jungst Of peace on earth, goodwill to men!
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 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Infant holy, Infant lowly,
For His bed-a cattle stall;
Oxen lowing, little knowing
Christ, the Babe, is Lord of all.
Swift are winging angels singing,
Noels ringing, tidings bringing:
Christ, the Babe, is Lord of all!
Christ, the Babe, is Lord of all!
Flocks were sleeping; shepherds keeping
Vigil till the morning new
Saw the glory, heard the story-
Tidings of a gospel true.
Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow,
Praises voicing greet the morrow:
Christ, the Babe, was born for you!
Christ, the Babe, was born for you!
Edith Margaret Gellibrand Reed
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And the whole world send back the song
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
“Peace on the earth, goodwill to men,
From heav’n's all-gracious King!”
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still thro' the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heav’nly music floats
O'er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hov’ring wing,
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
And ye, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing:
O rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing.
For lo, the days are hast’ning on,
By prophets seen of old,
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold,
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
Which now the angels sing.
Edmund Hamilton Sears | Richard Storrs Willis
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 Joy To The World!
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King.
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing.
Joy to the world! the Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods,
rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sin and sorrow grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground.
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as the curse is found.
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 of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.
George Frideric Handel and Isaac Watts
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Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You
Joyful, joyful, we adore You,
God of glory, Lord of light;
Angels lifting praise before You
Sing thro'out this holy night.
In a manger lies a Baby-
Child of Mary, Son of God.
Voices joined in joyful chorus
Praise You for Your gift of love.
All Your works declare your glory;
All creation joins to sing.
Praise resounds as earth rejoices
In the birth of Christ, the King.
Shepherds kneel before the Infant.
Trumpets sound and anthems raise
As with joy our hearts are lifted,
Joined in wonder, love, and praise.
Linda Lee Johnson, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Edward Hodges
© 1986 Lillenas Publishing Company
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Let’s Worship And Adore Him
Let’s worship and adore Him,
Let’s worship and adore Him,
Let’s worship and adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
For He alone is worthy,
For He alone is worthy,
For He alone is worthy,
Christ the Lord.
John Francis Wade and Tom Fettke
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 Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming Love Has Come!
Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming Love has come-a light in the darkness!
From tender stem hath sprung! Love explodes in the Bethlehem skies.
Of Jesse's lineage coming See, all heaven has come to proclaim it;
As men of old have sung. Hear how their song of joy arises:
It came, a Flow'ret bright, Love! Love!
Amid the cold of winter Born unto you, a Savior!
When half-spent was the night. Love! Love!
Glory to God on high.
Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
The Rose I have in mind; Love is born! Come share in the wonder;
With Mary we behold it, Love is God now asleep in the hay.
The virgin mother kind. See the glow in the eyes of His mother;
To show God's love aright What is the name her heart is saying?
She bore to men a Savior Love! Love!
When half-spent was the night. Love is the name she whispers;
Love! Love!
This Flow’r, whose fragrance tender Jesus, Immanuel.
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor Love has come-He never will leave us!
The darkness everywhere. Love is life everlasting and free.
True man, yet very God, Love is Jesus within and among us;
From sin and death He saves us Love is the peace our hearts are seeking.
And lightens every load. Love! Love!
Harriet Krauth Spaeth, Michael Praetorius, and Theodore Baker
Love is the gift of Christmas;
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Praise to You, God on high!
Ken Bible
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 O Come, All Ye Faithful
Verse 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!
Chorus
O come, let us adore Him!
O come, let us adore Him!
O come, let us adore Him-
Christ, the Lord!
Verse 2
Sing, choirs of angels;
sing in exultation;
O sing, all ye bright
hosts of heav'n above!
Glory to God, all
glory in the highest!
(CHORUS)
Verse 3
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to Thee be all glory giv'n:
Word of the Father,
now in flesh appearing!
(CHORUS)
C. Frederick Oakeley and John Francis Wade
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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Verse 1
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Chorus
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
Verse 2
O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
(CHORUS)
Verse 3
O come, Thou Wisdom from on high
And order all things, far and nigh;
To us the path of knowledge show
And cause us in her ways to go.
(CHORUS)
Verse 4
O come, Desire of nations, bind
All peoples in one heart and mind.
Bid envy, strife, and quarrels cease;
Fill the whole world with heaven's peace.
(CHORUS)
John Mason Neale and Thomas Helmore
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 O Holy Night!
O holy night! the stars are brightly shining;
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope-the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!
Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
O night, O holy night, O night divine!
Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming,
Here came the Wise Men from Orient land.
The King of kings lay thus in lowly manger,
In all our trials born to be our Friend.
He knows our need-to our weakness is no stranger.
Behold your King, before Him lowly bend!
Behold your King, before Him lowly bend!
Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother,
And in His name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we;
Let all within us praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord! O praise His name forever!
His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!
His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!
Adolphe Charles Adam and John Sullivan Dwight
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O Little Town Of Bethlehem
O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.
For Christ is born of Mary,
And gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wond’ring love.
O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth;
And praises sing to God, the King,
And peace to men on earth.
How silently, how silently
The wondrous Gift is giv’n!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heav’n.
No ear may hear His coming,
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him still,
The dear Christ enters in.
O holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend on us, we pray.
Cast out our sin, and enter in;
Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell.
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord, Emmanuel.
Lewis Henry Redner and Phillips Brooks
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 Once In Royal David's City Silent Night! Holy Night!
Once in royal David's city Silent night, holy night,
Stood a lowly cattle shed, All is calm, all is bright
Where a mother laid her Baby Round yon virgin mother and Child.
In a manger for His bed. Holy Infant so tender and mild,
Mary was that mother mild, Sleep in heavenly peace,
Jesus Christ, her little Child. Sleep in heavenly peace.
He came down to earth from heaven Silent night, holy night,
Who is God and Lord of all, Shepherds quake at the sight.
And His shelter was a stable, Glories stream from heaven afar;
And His cradle was a stall. Heavenly hosts sing alleluia.
With the poor, and mean, and lowly Christ the Savior is born!
Lived on earth, our Savior holy. Christ the Savior is born!
Jesus is our childhood's pattern; Silent night, holy night,
Day by day like us He grew. Wondrous star, lend thy light.
He was little, weak, and helpless; With the angels let us sing
Tears and smiles like us He knew. Alleluia to our King.
And He feeleth for our sadness, Christ the Savior is born!
And He shareth in our gladness. Christ the Savior is born!
And our eyes at last shall see Him Silent night, holy night,
Thro’ His own redeeming love; Son of God, love's pure light
For that Child so dear and gentle Radiant beams from Thy holy face,
Is our Lord in heav’n above. With the dawn of redeeming grace,
And He leads His children on Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,
To the place where He is gone. Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.
Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander and Henry J. Gauntlett Franz Xaver Gruber, John Freeman Young, and Joseph Mohr
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 Sing We Now Of Christmas We Three Kings

Verse 1 Verse 1
We three kings of Orient are;
Sing we now of Christmas,
Bearing gifts we traverse afar-
Noel sing we here! Field and fountain, moor and mountain-
Listen to our praises Following yonder star.
To the Babe so dear.
Chorus
Chorus O star of wonder, star of night,
Sing we Noel, Star with royal beauty bright,
the King is born, Noel! Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
Sing we now of Christmas,
sing we all Noel! Verse 2
Born a King on Bethlehem's plain;
Verse 2 Gold I bring to crown Him again,
Shepherds on the hillside King forever, ceasing never
heard the angels sing: Over us all to reign.
Glory, honor, praises (CHORUS)
to the infant King. Verse 3
(CHORUS) Frankincense to offer have I;
Incense owns a Deity nigh.
Verse 3 Prayer and praising, all men raising,
In the town they found Him; Worship Him, God on high.
Son of Mary mild. (CHORUS)
Sleeping in a manger
Verse 4
was the Holy Child. Myrrh is mine: its bitter perfume
(CHORUS) Breathes a life of gathering gloom-
Sorr’wing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Verse 4 Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
Wise Men sought and found Him, (CHORUS)
treasures did they bring;
Bowing down they worshiped Verse 5
Glorious now behold Him arise,
Christ, the King of kings. King and God and Sacrifice;
(CHORUS) Alleluia, alleluia!
Earth to heav’n replies.
Tom Fettke
© 1997 Integrity's Hosanna! Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing (Integrity Music, David C Cook)) (CHORUS)
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John Henry Hopkins Jr.
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 What Child Is This?
Verse 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?
Chorus
This, this is Christ, the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing.
Haste, haste to bring Him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
Verse 2
Why lies He in such mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear, for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
(CHORUS)
Verse 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.
(CHORUS)
William Chatterton Dix
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