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Of the Father's love begotten
Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-66; Henry Williams Baker, 1821-77; Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-413 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #17b (1958) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's love begotten
Ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the source, the ending he,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that future years shall see,
Evermore and evermore.
2 O that birth for ever blessed,
When the Virgin, full of grace,
By the Holy Ghost conceiving,
Bare the Saviour of our race,
And the Babe, the world's Redeemer,
First revealed his sacred face,
Evermore and evermore.
3 This is he whom seers in old time
Chanted of with one accord,
Whom the voices of the prophets
Promised in their faithful word;
Now he shines, the long-expected;
Let creation praise its Lord,
Evermore and evermore.
4 O ye heights of heaven, adore him;
Angel hosts, his praises sing:
Powers, dominions, bow before him,
And extol our God and King;
Let no tongue on earth be silent,
Every voice in concert ring
Evermore and evermore.
5 Christ, to thee, with God the Father,
And, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
Hymn and chant and high thanksgiving
And unwearied praises be:
Honor, glory, and dominion,
And eternal victory,
Evermore and evermore.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Tune Title: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM (CORDE NATUS EX PARENTIS)
Of the Father's love begotten
A great and mighty wonder
Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-66; St. Germanus, c.634 - 734 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #18 (1958) Lyrics: 1 A great and might wonder
This joyful feast-day brings;
The Virgin bears the Infant,
Our Lord, and King of Kings.
2 The Word becomes incarnate,
Descending from on high;
And cherubim sing anthems
To shepherds from the sky.
3 And we with them triumphant
Repeat the hymn again,
'To God on high be glory,
And peace on earth to men!'
4 While thus they sing your Monarch
Those bright angelic bands,
Rejoice, ye vales and mountains!
Ye oceans, clap your hands!
5 Since all he comes to ransom,
By all be he adored,
The Infant born in Bethlehem,
The Saviour and the Lord!
6 All idol forms shall perish,
And error shall decay,
And Christ shall wield His sceptre,
Our Lord and God for aye. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: ST. ALPHEGE
A great and mighty wonder
Christians, awake! salute the happy morn
Author: John Byrom, 1692-1763 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #19 (1958) Lyrics: 1 Christians, awake! salute the happy morn
Whereon the Saviour of the world 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 fulfilled His promised word,
This day is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord.'
3 He spake; and straightaway the celestial choir
In hymns of joy, unknown before, conspire;
The praises of redeeming love they sang,
And heaven’s whole orb with alleluias rang;
God’s highest glory was their anthem still,
Peace upon earth, and unto men good will.
4 To Bethlehem straight the enlightened shepherds ran,
To see the wonder God had wrought for man,
And found, with Joseph and the blessèd Maid,
Her Son, the Saviour, in a manger laid;
Amazed, the wondrous story they proclaim,
The first apostles of his infant fame.
5 Like Mary, let us ponder in our mind
God’s wondrous love in saving lost mankind;
Trace we the Babe, who has 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
Eternal praise to heaven’s Almighty King.
Topics: The Church Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: YORKSHIRE
Christians, awake! salute the happy morn
From east to west, from shore to shore
Author: John Ellerton, 1826 - 93; Coelius Sedulius, c. 450 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #20a (1958) Lyrics: 1 From east to west, from shore to shore,
Let every heart awake and sing
The holy Child whom Mary bore,
The Christ, the everlasting King.
2 Behold, the world's Creator wears
The form and fashion of a slave;
Our very flesh our Maker shares,
His fallen creature, man, to save. A-men.
3 For this how wondrously he wrought!
A maiden, in her lowly place,
Became, in ways beyond all thought,
The chosen vessel of his grace.
4 And while the angels in the sky
Sang praise above the silent field,
To shepherds poor the Lord most high,
The one great Shepherd, was revealed.
5 All glory for this blessèd morn
To God the Father ever be;
All praise to thee, O Virgin-born,
All praise, O Holy Ghost, to thee.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: A SOLIS ORTUS CARDINE
From east to west, from shore to shore
From east to west, from shore to shore
Author: Coelius Sedulius, c. 450; John Ellerton, 1826 - 93 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #20b (1958) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 From east to west, from shore to shore,
Let every heart awake and sing
The holy Child whom Mary bore,
The Christ, the everlasting King.
2 Behold, the world's Creator wears
The form and fashion of a slave;
Our very flesh our Maker shares,
His fallen creature, man, to save. A-men.
3 For this how wondrously he wrought!
A maiden, in her lowly place,
Became, in ways beyond all thought,
The chosen vessel of his grace.
4 And while the angels in the sky
Sang praise above the silent field,
To shepherds poor the Lord most high,
The one great Shepherd, was revealed.
5 All glory for this blessèd morn
To God the Father ever be;
All praise to thee, O Virgin-born,
All praise, O Holy Ghost, to thee.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: CHRISTUM WIR SOLLEN LOBEN SCHON
From east to west, from shore to shore
All praise to thee, Eternal Lord
Author: Martin Luther, 1483-1546; Anonymous, 1858 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #21 (1958) Lyrics: 1 All praise to thee, Eternal Lord,
Clothed in a garb of flesh and blood;
Choosing a manger for thy throne,
While worlds on worlds are thine alone.
2 Once did the skies before thee bow,
A Virgin's arms contain thee now;
Angels, who did in thee rejoice,
Now listen for thine infant voice.
3 A little child, thou art our guest,
That weary ones in thee may rest;
Forlorn and lowly is thy birth,
That we may rise to heaven from earth.
4 Thou comest in the darksome night,
To make us children of the light,
To make us in the realms divine,
Like thine own angels, 'round thee shine.
5 All this for us thy love hath done,
By this to thee our love is won,
For this we tune our cheerful lays,
And shout our thanks in ceaseless praise. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: TALLIS' CANON
All praise to thee, Eternal Lord
From heaven above to earth I come
Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78; Martin Luther, 1483 - 1546 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #22 (1958) Lyrics: 1 From heaven above to earth I come
To bear good news to every 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 mother mild;
This little child, of lowly birth,
Shall be the joy of all the earth.
3 Were earth a thousand times as fair,
Beset with gold and jewels rare,
She yet were far too poor to be
A narrow cradle, Lord, to thee.
4 Ah, dearest Jesus, Holy Child,
Make thee a bed, soft undefiled,
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber kept for thee.
5 'Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man his Son hath given,'
While angels sing with pious mirth
A glad new year to all the earth.
Topics: The Church Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
From heaven above to earth I come
It came upon the midnight clear
Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1810 - 76 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #23 (1958) Lyrics: 1 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, good will to men,
From heaven's all-gracious King!'
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
2 Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
3 Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world hath suffered long;
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love song which they bring:
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the angels sing.
4 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.
5 For lo! the days are hastening on,
By prophet-bards foretold,
When, with the ever-circling years,
Shall come the Age of Gold;
When peace shall over all the earth
Its heavenly splendors fling,
And all the world give back the song
Which now the angels sing. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: CAROL
It came upon the midnight clear
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Author: Nahum Tate, 1652-1715 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #24 (1958) 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.
'Fear not,' said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind;
'Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.'
2 'To you, in David's town this day
Is born of David's line
A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord;
And this shall be the sign:
The heavenly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid.'
3 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God, who thus
Addressed their joyful song:
'All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from heaven to men
Begin, and never cease!'
Topics: The Church Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: BETHLEHEM
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Hark, the herald angels sing
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: SBHC1958 #25 (1958) First Line: Hark! the herald angels sing Lyrics: 1 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 the angelic host proclaim,
'Christ is born in Bethlehem.'
Refrain:
Hark, the herald angels sing,
'Glory to the newborn King!'
2 Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of a Virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
Hail, the incarnate Deity,
Pleased as Man with man to dwell,
Jesus, our Immanuel! [Refrain]
3 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth. [Refrain] Topics: The Church Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: MENDELSSOHN
Hark, the herald angels sing
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