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Author: Phillips Brooks Meter: 14.14.13.14 Appears in 867 hymnals First Line: O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Lyrics: 1 O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. 2 For Christ is born of Mary, and gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wond’ring love. O morning stars, together proclaim the holy birth, And praises sing to God the King, and peace to men on earth! 3 How silently, how silently, the wondrous Gift is giv’n; So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His Heav’n. No ear may hear His coming, but in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive Him still, the dear Christ enters in. 4 Where children pure and happy pray to the blessed Child, Where misery cries out to Thee, Son of the mother mild; Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door, The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, and Christmas comes once more. 5 O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin, and enter in, be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell; Oh, come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel! Scripture: Micah 5:2 Used With Tune: ST. LEWIS (Redner) Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/O_Little_Town_of_Bethlehem)

Consider Well

Author: Russell St. John Meter: 14.14.13.14 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Consider well that Jesus Christ a humble heart reveals

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ST. LEWIS (Redner)

Meter: 14.14.13.14 Appears in 482 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lewis H. Redner Tune Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/O_Little_Town_of_Bethlehem) Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33323 54621 712 Used With Text: O Little Town of Bethlehem

CONSIDER WELL

Meter: 14.14.13.14 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Lou Ann Shafer Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 13165 53212 32165 Used With Text: Consider Well

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Consider Well

Author: Russell St. John Hymnal: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #290 (2018) Meter: 14.14.13.14 First Line: Consider well that Jesus Christ a humble heart reveals Topics: Christ Ascension of; Christ Humiliation of; Christ Praise of; Christ Resurrection of Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11 Languages: English Tune Title: CONSIDER WELL

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Author: Phillips Brooks Hymnal: Timeless Truths #861 Meter: 14.14.13.14 First Line: O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Lyrics: 1 O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. 2 For Christ is born of Mary, and gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wond’ring love. O morning stars, together proclaim the holy birth, And praises sing to God the King, and peace to men on earth! 3 How silently, how silently, the wondrous Gift is giv’n; So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His Heav’n. No ear may hear His coming, but in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive Him still, the dear Christ enters in. 4 Where children pure and happy pray to the blessed Child, Where misery cries out to Thee, Son of the mother mild; Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door, The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, and Christmas comes once more. 5 O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin, and enter in, be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell; Oh, come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel! Scripture: Micah 5:2 Tune Title: ST. LEWIS (Redner)

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Phillips Brooks

1835 - 1893 Meter: 14.14.13.14 Author of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" in Timeless Truths Brooks, Phillips, D.D., was born at Boston, Dec. 13, 1835, graduated at Harvard College 1855, and was ordained in 1859. Successively Rector of the Church of the Advent, Philadelphia, and Trinity Church, Boston, he became Bishop of Mass. in 1891, and died at Boston in Jan., 1893. His Carol, "O little town of Bethlehem," was written for his Sunday School in 1868, the author having spent Christmas, 1866, at Bethlehem. His hymn, "God hath sent His angels to the earth again," is dated 1877. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Lewis H. Redner

1831 - 1908 Meter: 14.14.13.14 Composer of "ST. LEWIS (Redner)" in Timeless Truths Lewis Henry Redner (1831-1908) was born in Philadelphia, where he became a real estate agent and served on weekends as an organist and Sunday School Superintendent. He spent nineteen years at Holy Trinity church where Phillips Brooks was rector, and is credited with increasing attendance at the Sunday School from thirty-one to more than a thousand. In 1868 Brooks asked him to write a tune for his new text for children inspired by his recent trip to Bethlehem. Redner composed the tune the night before it was to be sung in worship on Sunday morning. The text and tune were first published in 1894 in The Church Porch, where the tune was named ST. LOUIS, possibly after the composer’s name. Redner is remembered today because of this one tune that has remained a Christmas favorite. Emily Brink