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Text:Christ Is Born Today
Author:Mary Ann Pepper Kidder
Tune:[Glory in the highest, glory]
Composer:Chester G. Allen
Media:MIDI file

838. Christ Is Born Today

1. Glory in the highest, glory!
Saints and angels praise the morn;
Shout hosanna, tell the story,
Christ the Lord of life is born.

Refrain
In the manger He is sleeping;
Scarce we hear His gentle breath;
Yet, O glory, hallelujah!
He hath come to save from death;
Yet, O glory, hallelujah!
He hath come to save from death.

2. Praise Him, praise Him every nation!
On this happy festive morn;
Praise the Rock of our salvation,
Christ the Lord of life is born. [Refrain]

3. He who trod the way before us,
Bore for us reproach and scorn,
See His banner waving o’er us,
Christ our loving Savior born. [Refrain]

4. Glory in the highest, glory!
Hail the Savior’s natal morn;
Saints and angels tell the story,
Christ the Lord of life is born. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Glory in the highest, glory
Title: Christ Is Born Today
Author: Mary Ann Pepper Kidder (1879)
Refrain First Line: In the manger He is sleeping
Language: English
Source: White Robes, by Alonzo J. Abbey & M. J. Munger (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company), pages 90-1
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Glory in the highest, glory]
Composer: Chester G. Allen
Incipit: 51332 35351 31543
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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