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Good Christian Friends, Rejoice

Author: John M. Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 6.6.7.7.7.8.5.5 Appears in 220 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas Lyrics: 1 Good Christian friends, rejoice With heart and soul and voice; Give ye heed to what we say: Jesus Christ is born today; Ox and ass before him bow, And he is in the manger now. Christ is born today! Christ is born today! 2 Good Christian friends, rejoice With heart and soul and voice; Now ye hear of endless bliss: Jesus Christ was born for this! He has opened heaven's door, And we are blest forevermore. Christ was born for this! Christ was born for this! 3 Good Christian friends, rejoice With heart and soul and voice; Now ye need not fear the grave; Jesus Christ was born to save! Calls you one and calls you all To gain his everlasting hall. Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save! Used With Tune: IN DULCI JUBILO Text Sources: Medieval Latin carol

Silent Night, Holy Night

Author: Joseph Mohr, 1792-1849; John F. Young, 1820-1885 Meter: 6.6.8.9.6.6 Appears in 632 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas; Christmas Season Lyrics: 1 Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child, Holy Infant, so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. 2 Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar, Heav'nly hosts sing alleluia; Christ, the Savior, is born! Christ, the Savior, is born! 3 Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Scripture: Luke 2:6-14 Used With Tune: STILLE NACHT

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

Author: Nahum Tate Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,106 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Christmas First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night Lyrics: 1. While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground, the angel of the Lord came down, and glory shone around, and glory shone around. 2. "Fear not!" said he, for mighty dread had seized their troubled mind. "Glad tidings of great joy I bring to all of humankind, to all of humankind. 3. "To you, in David's town, this day is born of David's line a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, and this shall be the sign, and this shall be the sign: 4. "The heavenly babe you there shall find to human view displayed, all meanly wrapped in swathing bands, and in a manger laid, and in a manger laid." 5. Thus spake the seraph and forthwith appeared a shining throng of angels praising God on high, who thus addressed their song, who thus addressed their song: 6. "All glory be to God on high, and to the earth be peace; good will henceforth from heaven to earth begin and never cease, begin and never cease!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scripture: Luke 2:8-14 Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS

In the Bleak Midwinter

Author: Christina Rossetti Meter: Irregular Appears in 87 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas Lyrics: 1 In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan; earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak midwinter, long ago. 2 Our God, heaven cannot hold him, nor earth sustain; heaven and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign: in the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed the Lord God incarnate, Jesus Christ. 3 Angels and archangels may have gathered there; cherubim and seraphim thronged the air; but his mother only, in her maiden bliss, worshiped the beloved with a kiss. 4 What can I give him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; if I were a wise man, I would do my part; yet what I can I give him: give my heart. Scripture: 1 Kings 8:27 Used With Tune: CRANHAM

Away in a Manger

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 550 hymnals Topics: Church Year Christmas First Line: Away in a manger, no crib for a bed Lyrics: 1 Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head; the stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay; the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. 2 The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, but little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes. I love you, Lord Jesus: look down from the sky and stay by my side until morning is nigh. 3 Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask you to stay close by me forever and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in your tender care; prepare us for heaven to live with you there. Scripture: Luke 2:4-7 Used With Tune: CRADLE SONG Text Sources: North American, 19th c.

On Christmas Night All Christians Sing

Author: Luke Wadding Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 49 hymnals Topics: liturgical Scripture Songs Text Sources: Traditional English carol

Infant Holy, Infand Lowly

Author: Edith M.B. Reed Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: Christmas First Line: Infant holy, infant lowly Used With Tune: W ZLOBIE LEZY

We Three Kings of Orient Are

Author: John H. Hopkins Meter: 8.8.4.4.6 with refrain Appears in 316 hymnals Topics: liturgical Scripture Songs Refrain First Line: O star of wonder, star of night Lyrics: 1 We three kings of Orient are; bearing gifts we traverse afar, field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star. Refrain: O star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light. 2 Born a King on Bethlehem's plain, gold I bring to crown him again, King forever, ceasing never, over us all to reign. [Refrain] 3 Frankincense to offer have I; incense owns a Deity nigh; prayer and praising, voices raising, worshiping God on high. [Refrain] 4 Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom; sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb. [Refrain] 5 Glorious now behold him arise; King and God and sacrifice: Alleluia, Alleluia, sounds through the earth and skies. [Refrain] United Methodist Hymnal, 1989

Angels, from the Realms of Glory

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 768 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: Angels from the realms of glory Refrain First Line: Come and worship, come and worship Lyrics: 1 Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth; Once you sang creation's story; Now proclaim Messiah's birth: Refrain: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the new-born King. 2 Shepherds, in the fields abiding, Watching o'er your flocks by night, God with us is now residing, Yonder shines the infant Light. [Refrain] 3 Sages, leave your contemplations, Brighter visions beam afar; Seek the great desire of nations, You have seen his natal star. [Refrain] 4 All creation, join in praising God, the Father, Spirit, Son, Evermore your voices raising To the eternal Three in One. [Refrain] Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE