Rejoice, O mountains of the earth!
Ye streams, pour forth your tide!
All Nature, hail the wondrous birth,
Her God to man allied! (12)

And turn, long wand'ring fold, to seek
The Shepherd our glad tidings speak.

Let hallelujahs tell his praise,
His praise let seraphs sing;
On Him each saint adoring gaze,
And Judah greet her King;
Thou Bethlehem, break forth into prayer,
The Highest veils his glories there.

SECOND PART.

Hosanna! in the lowly shed

Behold that sacred form;
Hosanna! from that dwelling spread
The gracious beams of morn;
A morn which never cloud shall see,
Day of the ransomed and the free!

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In weeds of flesh, in feebleness,
The Godhead is arrayed,

And in his mercy waits to bless
The beings he hath made;

And take, a dweller 'midst their bands, of trembling from their hands.

The cup

Their debt He pays, their sin he bears, All glory to his name!

And washes out with blood and tears, Their sins' deep graven stain.

Earth, bow before Him! man, adore The gracious Pilgrim to thy shore !

For all his never wearied love
He only asks thy prayers,

And bids his followers seek above
His glorious home, and theirs:
Hear the glad message, earth and sky!
Hear and in humble joy reply!