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ANDERSEN 8.7.8.7.8.8. With Refrain

N. W. GADE

Child Je-sus comes from Heav'nly height To save us from sin's

keep-ing; On man-ger straw,in darksome night, The Blessed One lies sleep-ing. The

star smiles down,the an-gels greet, The ox-en kiss the ba-by's feet: Al- le

ST. NINIAN 11.10.11.10.

4 4

Brightest and best

9:4 4

9:

dark-ness and lend us thine aid; Star of the east, the hori

9:

Ma-ry

was that moth-er mild, Jesus Christ her lit - tle Child. A-men.

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.

4 For He is our childhood's pattern;
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.

3 And, through all His wondrous childhood, 5 And our eyes at last shall see Him, He would honor and obey,

Love, and watch the lowly maiden
In whose gentle arms He lay;
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as He.

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.

6 Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see Him; but in Heaven,

Set at God's right hand on high;
When like stars His children crowned,
All in white shall wait around.

CECIL FRANCES Alexander, 1848

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ADESTE FIDELES Irregular

O come, all ye faithful, joy-ful and tri- um-phant, O

J. READING, 1692

come ye to

Beth-le-hem with one glad ac- cord. Lo! in a man-ger lies the King of

3 O Hail! Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning,
O Jesus! for ever more be Thy name adored.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing,
O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

Anon. Latin, 17th Century