Text:While To Bethlehem We Are Going
Author:Violante do Céu
Translator:John Adamson
Tune:[While to Bethl’hem we are going]
Composer:Scott Werdebaugh
Media:MIDI file

11373. While To Bethlehem We Are Going

1 While to Bethl’hem we are going,
Tell me now, to cheer the road,
Tell me why this lovely Infant
Quitted His divine abode.

Refrain:
"From that world to bring to this
Peace, which, of all earthly blisses,
Is the brightest, purest bliss."

2 Wherefore from His throne exalted
Came He on this earth to dwell;
All His pomp a humble manger,
All His court a narrow cell? [Refrain]

3 Why did He, the Lord Eternal,
Mortal pilgrim deign to be;
He who fashioned for His glory,
Boundless immortality? [Refrain]

4 Well, then, let us haste to Bethl’hem;
Thither let us haste and rest;
For, of all Heav’n’s gifts, the sweetest,
Sure, is peace—the sweetest, best. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: While to Bethl’hem we are going
Title: While To Bethlehem We Are Going
Author: Violante do Céu
Translator: John Adamson (1843)
Refrain First Line: From that world to bring to this
Language: English
Source: Tr.: Lusitania Illustrata, 1842
Tune Information
Name: [While to Bethl’hem we are going]
Composer: Scott Werdebaugh (2017)
Key: C Major
Copyright: © 2017 Scott Werdebaugh This music may be freely reproduced or published for Christian worship or devotions, provided it is not altered, & this notice is on each copy. All other rights reserved.



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