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Let Us Even Now Go

Author: Lois F. Bello Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2:15 First Line: Let us even now go to Bethlehem Topics: Children; God Love of God; Responses to God Praise and Worship; Jesus Christ Advent, Christmas, Incarnation; Jesus Christ Epiphany, Witness, Proclamation; The Christian Life Salvation Used With Tune: MANGLAKAT Text Sources: Filipino; Stanza 1: trad.

And all the angels sang for him

Author: Joy Webb (b. 1932) Meter: Irregular Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2:1-16 First Line: It was a starry night when the hills were bright Topics: Christ Incarnate Christmas and Epiphany Used With Tune: A STARRY NIGHT

Joy to the World!

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,856 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2:11-15 First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth its praises bring; Let every heart prepare Christ room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns! Let all their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy. 3 Christ rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove The glories of God's righteousness and wonders of God's love, and wonders of God's love, and wonders, wonders of God's love. Topics: Christmas; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy Used With Tune: ANTIOCH

The Birth of Jesus

Appears in 1,746 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2 First Line: This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. Topics: Scripture Readings

Crown him with many crowns

Author: Matthew Bridges Appears in 795 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Lyrics: 1 Crown him with many crowns, the Lamb upon his throne; hark, how the heav'nly anthem drowns all music but its own: awake, my soul, and sing of him who died for thee, and hail him as thy matchless King through all eternity. 2 Crown him the Virgin's Son, the God incarnate born, whose arm those crimson trophies won which now his brow adorn: Fruit of the mystic Rose, as of that Rose the Stem; the Root, whence mercy ever flows, the Babe of Bethlehem. 3 Crown him the Lord of love; behold his hands and side, those wounds, yet visible above in beauty glorified: no angel in the sky can fully bear that sight, but downward bends his burning eye at mysteries so bright. 4 Crown him the Lord of peace, whose pow'r a sceptre sways from pole to pole, that wars may cease, absorbed in prayer and praise: his reign shall know no end, and round his piercèd feet fair flow'rs of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet. 5 Crown him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time, Creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime. All hail, Redeemer, hail! for thou hast died for me; thy praise shall never, never fail throughout eternity. Topics: Year A Advent 2; Year A Easter 2; Year B Advent 4; Year B Christ the King; Year B Easter 2; Year B Second Sunday Before Lent; Year C Easter 2; Year C Easter 6; Years A, B, and C Ascension Day; Years A, B, and C Christmas 2; Years A, B, and C Christmas Day; Ascensiontide; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Redemption and Salvation Used With Tune: CORONA

Hark! what mean those holy voices

Author: Cawood Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 722 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2 Lyrics: 1 Hark! what mean those holy voices, Sweetly sounding through the skies? Lo! the angelic host rejoices; Heavenly hallelujahs rise. 2 Hear them tell the wondrous story, Which they chant in hymns of joy: Glory in the highest, glory, Glory be to God most high! 3 Peace on earth, good-will from heaven, Reaching far as man is found; Souls redeemed and sins forgiven!-- Loud our golden harps shall sound. 4 Christ is born, the great Anointed, Heaven and earth his praises sing; Oh, receive whom God appointed For your Prophet, Priest, and King. 5 Haste, ye mortals, to adore him; Learn his name and taste his joy; Till in heaven ye sing before him, Glory be to God most high! Topics: Christ Incarnation; The Angels' Song

To us a Child of hope is born

Author: Logan; Morison Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 245 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2 Lyrics: 1 To us a Child of hope is born, To us a Son is given; Him shall the tribes of earth obey, Him all the hosts of heaven. 2 His Name shall be the Prince of Peace, For evermore adored, The Wonderful, the Counselor, The great and mighty Lord. 3 His power, increasing, still shall spread; His reign no end shall know; Justice shall guard his throne above, And Peace abound below. Topics: Christ Incarnation; The Mighty Lord

There's a Song in the Air

Author: Josiah G. Holland Meter: 6.6.6.6.12.12 Appears in 201 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2:7-16 First Line: There's a song in the air! Lyrics: 1 There's a song in the air! There's a star in the sky! There's a mother's deep prayer, And a Baby's low cry! And the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King! 2 There's a tumult of joy O'er the wonderful birth, For the Virgin's sweet Boy Is the Lord of the earth. Ay! the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King! 3 In the light of that star Lie the ages impearled; And that song from afar Has swept over the world. Every hearth is aflame, and the beautiful sing In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King! 4 We rejoice in the light, And we echo the song That comes down through the night From the heavenly throng. Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring, And we greet in His cradle our Savior and King! Amen. Topics: Jesus Christ Birth Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS SONG

Jesus! Name of Wondrous Love

Author: W. W. How, 1823-97 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 166 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2:21 Lyrics: 1 Jesus! Name of wondrous love, Name all other names above, Unto which must ev'ry knee Bow in deep humility. 2 Jesus! Name decreed of old, To the maiden mother told-- Kneeling in her lowly cell-- By the angel Gabriel. 3 Jesus! Name of priceless worth To the fallen sons of earth, For the promise that it gave, "Jesus shall His people save." 4 Jesus! Name of mercy mild, Given to the holy Child When the cup of human woe First He tasted here below. 5 Jesus! Only name that's giv'n Under all the mighty heav'n Whereby man, to sin enslaved, Bursts his fetters and is saved. 6 Jesus! Name of wondrous love, Human name of God above; Pleading only this, we flee, Helpless, 0 our God, to Thee. Topics: Circumcision and Name of Jesus Used With Tune: GOTT SEI DANK

To the Name of Our Salvation

Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 118 hymnals Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Lyrics: 1 To the Name of our salvation laud and honour let us pay, which for many a generation hid in God's foreknowledge lay; but with holy exultation we may sing aloud today. 2 Jesus is the name we treasure, name beyond what words can tell; name of gladness, name of pleasure, ear and heart delighting well; name of sweetness passing measure, saving us from sin and hell. 3 'Tis the name that whoso preaches speaks like music to the ear; who in prayer this name beseeches finds its comfort ever near; who its perfect wisdom reaches, heavenly joy possesses here. 4 Jesus is the name exalted over every other name; in this name, whene'er assaulted, we can put our foes to shame: strength to them who else had halted, eyes to blind and feet to lame. 5 Therefore we in love adoring, this most blessed name revere, holy Jesus, thee imploring so to write it in us here that, hereafter heavenward soaring, we may sing with angels there. Topics: Adoration; Praise of God; Name of Jesus Used With Tune: ORIEL Text Sources: Latin (15th cent.)