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Hark! the herald angels sing

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: NEH1985 #26 (1986) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7 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 the angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem: Refrain: Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the new-born 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 Emmanuel: [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] 4 *Come, Desire of nations, come, Fix in us thy humble home; Rise, the woman's conquering Seed, Bruise in us the serpent's head; Now display thy saving power, Ruined nature now restore, Now in mystic union join Thine to ours, and ours to thine: [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: MENDELSSOHN

How brightly shines the Morning Star!

Author: Philipp Nicolai, 1556-1608; William Mercer, 1811-1873 Hymnal: NEH1985 #27 (1986) Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.4.8.4.8 Lyrics: 1 How brightly shines the Morning Star! The nations see and hail afar The Light in Judah shining. Thou David's son of Jacob's race, The Bridegroom, and the King of grace, For thee our hearts are pining! Lowly, holy, Great and glorious, thou victorious Prince of graces, Filling all the heavenly places! 2 Though circled by the hosts on high, He deigns to cast a pitying eye Upon his helpless creatures; The whole creation's Head and Lord, By highest seraphim adored, Assumed our very nature. Jesu, grant us, Through thy merit, to inherit Thy salvation; Hear, O hear our supplication. 3 Rejoice, ye heav’ns; thou earth, reply; With praise, ye sinners, fill the sky, For this his incarnation. Incarnate God, put forth thy power, Ride on, ride on, great Conqueror, Till all know thy salvation. Amen, Amen! Alleluya, Alleluya! Praise be given Evermore by earth and heaven. Languages: English Tune Title: WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET

In the bleak midwinter

Author: Christina Rossetti, 1830-94 Hymnal: NEH1985 #28 (1986) Meter: Irregular Lyrics: 1 In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone: Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago. 2 Our God, heaven cannot hold him Nor earth sustain; Heaven and earth shall flee away When he comes to reign: In the bleak midwinter A stable place sufficed The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ. 3 Enough for him, whom Cherubim Worship night and day, A breastful of milk, And a mangerful of hay: Enough for him, whom angels Fall down before, The ox and ass and camel Which adore. 4 Angels and archangels May have gathered there, Cherubim and Seraphim Thronged the air But only his mother In her maiden bliss Worshipped the Beloved With a kiss. 5 What can I give him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb; If I were a wise man I would do my part; Yet what I can I give him Give my heart. Topics: The Christian Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: CRANHAM

It came upon the midnight clear

Author: Edmund Sears, 1810-76 Hymnal: NEH1985 #29 (1986) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D 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 heav'nly music floats O'er all the weary world; Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing; And ever o'er it Babel sounds The blessèd angels sing. 3 Yet with the woes of sin and strife The world has 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 For, lo! the days are hastening on, By prophet bards foretold, When, with the ever-circling years, Comes round the age of gold; When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendours fling, And the whole world give back the song Which now the angels sing. Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Michaelmas Languages: English Tune Title: NOEL

O come, all ye faithful

Author: Frederick Oakeley, 1802-80 Hymnal: NEH1985 #30 (1986) Meter: Irregular 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 abhors not the Virgin's womb; Very God, Begotten, not created: [Refrain] 3 *See how the Shepherds, Summoned to his cradle, Leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear; We too will thither Bend our joyful footsteps: [Refrain] 4 *Lo! star-led chieftains, Magi, Christ adoring, Offer him incense, gold, and myrrh; We to the Christ Child Bring our heart's oblations: [Refrain] 5 Child, for us sinners Poor and in the manger, Fain we embrace thee, with awe and love; Who would not love thee, Loving us so dearly? [Refrain] ✗ 6 Sing, choirs of Angels, Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above; Glory to God In the Highest: [Refrain] [On Christmas Day] 7 *Yea, Lord, we greet thee, Born this happy morning, Jesu, to thee be glory given; Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing: [Refrain] ✗ Descant version overleaf Topics: Procession; The Christian Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: ADESTE FIDELES

O Little One sweet, O Little One mild

Author: S. Scheidt; Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 Hymnal: NEH1985 #31 (1986) Meter: 10.9.8.8.10 Lyrics: 1 O Little One sweet, O Little One mild, Thy Father's purpose thou hast fulfilled; Thou cam'st from heaven to mortal ken, Equal to be with us poor men, O Little One sweet, O Little One mild. 2 O Little One sweet, O Little One mild, With joy thou hast the whole world filled; Thou camest here from heaven's domain, To bring men comfort in their pain, O Little One sweet, O Little One mild. 3 O Little One sweet, O Little One mild, In thee Love's beauties are all distilled; Then light in us thy love's bright flame, That we may give thee back the same, O Little One sweet, O Little One mild. Topics: The Christian Year Christmas Languages: Engish Tune Title: O JESULEIN SÜSS

O little town of Bethlehem

Author: Phillips Brooks, 1835-93 Hymnal: NEH1985 #32 (1986) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 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 to-night. 2 O morning stars, together Proclaim the holy birth And praises sing to God the king, And peace to men on earth; For Christ is born of Mary; And, gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch of wondering love. 3 How silently, how silently, The wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming; But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him ,still The dear Christ enters in. 4 *Where children pure and happy Pray to the blessèd Child, Where misery cries out to thee, Son of the mother mild; Where charity stands watching And faith holds wide the door, The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, And Christmas comes once more. ✗ 5 O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to 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. ✗ Descant version overleaf. Topics: The Christian Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: FOREST GREEN

Of the Father's heart begotten

Author: Prudentius, 348-413; R. F. Davis, 1866-1937 Hymnal: NEH1985 #33 (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's heart begotten, Ere the world from chaos rose, He is Alpha: from that Fountain All that is and hath been flows; He is Omega, of all things Yet to come the mystic Close, Evermore and evermore. 2 *By his word was all created; He commanded and 'twas done; Earth and sky and boundless ocean, Universe of three in one, All that sees the moon's soft radiance, All that breathes beneath the sun, Evermore and evermore. 3 *He assumed this mortal body, Frail and feeble, doomed to die, That the race from dust created Might not perish utterly, Which the dreadful Law had sentenced In the depths of hell to lie, Evermore and evermore. 4 O how blest that wondrous birthday, When the Maid the curse retrieved, Brought to birth mankind's salvation, By the Holy Ghost conceived; And the Babe, the world's Redeemer, In her loving arms received, Evermore and evermore. 5 This is he, whom seer and sibyl Sang in ages long gone by; This is he of old revealèd In the page of prophecy; Lo! he comes, the promised Saviour; let the world his praises cry! Evermore and evermore. 6 Let the storm and summer sunshine, Gliding stream and sounding shore, Sea and forest, frost and zephyr, Day and night their Lord adore; Let creation join to laud thee Through the ages evermore, Evermore and evermore. 7 Sing, ye heights of heaven, his praises; Angels and Archangels, sing! Wheresoe'er ye be, ye faithful, Let your joyous anthems ring, Every tongue his name confessing, Countless voices answering, Evermore and evermore. Topics: Procession; The Christian Year Christmas; The Presentation of Christ in the Temple February 2nd Languages: English Tune Title: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM

Once in royal David's city

Author: Mrs. C. F. Alexander, 1818-95 Hymnal: NEH1985 #34 (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 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 Saviour holy. 3 And through all his wondrous childhood 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 heaven 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 we 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. Topics: Procession; The Christian Year Christmas; Mothering Sunday Languages: English Tune Title: IRBY

Silent night! Holy night!

Author: G. B. Timms, 1910-1997; J. Mohr, 1792-1848 Hymnal: NEH1985 #35 (1986) Meter: 6.6.7.7.5.5 Lyrics: 1 Silent night! Holy night! Heaven is near, earth is bright, Angel songs are heard above As the Child of peace and love Sleeps in Mary's arms, Sleeps in Mary's arms. 2 Silent night! Holy night! Skies are clear, stars are bright, Now the shepherds wend their way, Homage to this Child to pay: He is Christ the Lord, He is Christ the Lord. 3 Silent night! Holy night! Christ is here, all is light, Shadows of the past are gone With the advent of the Son, Born to save us all, Born to save us all. Languages: Englsih Tune Title: STILLE NACHT