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A Nativity Prayer

Author: Phillips Brooks Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us, we pray

A Lullaby

Author: Minnie A. Greiner Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O holy child of Bethlehem Refrain First Line: O lullaby! O lullaby! Used With Tune: [O holy child of Bethlehem]

ELATA

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: C Major Used With Text: A Nativity Prayer

[O holy child of Bethlehem]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Maurice A. Clifton Incipit: 15313 17653 53652 Used With Text: A Lullaby

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Author: Minnie A. Greiner Hymnal: Song Stories #11 (1901) First Line: O holy child of Bethlehem Refrain First Line: O lullaby! O lullaby! Languages: English Tune Title: [O holy child of Bethlehem]

A Nativity Prayer

Author: Phillips Brooks Hymnal: The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #126 (1986) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: O holy Child of Bethlehem! Lyrics: O holy Child of Bethlehem! Descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin, and enter in; Be born in us today. Amen. Topics: Choruses Scripture and Praise; Jesus Our Savior : His Birth; Prayer and Intercession Languages: English Tune Title: ELATA

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Phillips Brooks

1835 - 1893 Author of "A Nativity Prayer" in The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration 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)