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TARK! 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!

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, Incarnate Deity!

3

Man with man He deigns to dwell,
Jesus, our Immanuel!

Hark! the herald-angels sing

Glory to the new-born King!

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.
Lo! He lays His glory by,

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Born that man no more may
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.

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Hark! the herald-angels sing
Glory to the new-born King!

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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!

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, Christ the Lord!

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, Christ the Lord!

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Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,

Born this happy morning:

Jesus, to Thee be glory given;

Word of the Father,

Now in flesh appearing:

O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!

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HILE shepherds watched 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;

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"Glad tidings of great joy I bring you and all mankind.

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"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."

5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God, who thus
Addressed their joyful song:

6" All glory be to God on high,
And in the earth be peace;

Good will henceforth from heaven to men
Begin and never cease!"

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E has come! the Christ of God;
Left for us His glad abode;
Stooping from His throne of bliss,
To this darksome wilderness.

2 He has come! the Prince of Peace;
Come to bid our sorrows cease;
Come to scatter with His light
All the shadows of our night.

3 He the mighty King has come!
Making this poor earth His home;
Come to bear our sin's sad load;
Son of David, Son of God!

4 He has come, whose name of grace
Speaks deliverance to our race;
Left for us His glad abode
Son of Mary, Son of God!

5 Unto us a Child is born!

Ne'er has earth beheld a morn,
Among all the morns of time,
Half so glorious in its prime.

6 Unto us a Son is given!

He has come from God's own heaven,

Bringing with Him from above

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Holy peace and holy love.

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RIGHT and joyful is the morn,
For to us a Child is born;
From the highest realms of heaven
Unto us a Son is given.

2 On His shoulder He shall bear
Power and majesty, and wear
On His vesture and His thigh
Names most awful, names most high.
3 Wonderful in counsel He,
The Incarnate Deity;

Sire of ages ne'er to cease,

King of kings and Prince of Peace.
4 Come and worship at His feet,
Yield to Christ the homage meet,
From His manger to His throne,
Homage due to God alone.

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LEST are the pure in heart,
For they shall see our God;
The secret of the Lord is theirs,
Their soul is Christ's abode.

2 The Lord, who left the heavens
Our life and peace to bring,
To dwell in lowliness with men,
Their Pattern and their King;

3 He to the lowly soul

Doth still Himself impart ;

And for His dwelling and His throne
Chooseth the pure in heart.