
 
	
	
	
			
	
		Author: John of Damascus, 675-749; John Brownlie Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 4 hymnals Refrain First Line: Unto God be glory Lyrics: 1 Bethlehem rejoices,
Hark the voices clear,
Singing in the starlight
Nearer and more near.
Refrain:
Unto God be glory,
Peace to men be given,
This His will who dwelleth
In the heights of Heaven.
2 Heaven can not contain Him,
Nor the bounds of earth,
Yet, O glorious mystery!
Virgin gives Him birth. [Refrain]
3 Now the light ariseth
In the darkened skies,
Now the proud are humbled
And the lowly rise. [Refrain] Used With Tune: GOETHE Text Sources: Hymns of the Greek Church (Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1900) 
			
	Bethlehem Rejoices