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Sing We Now of Christmas

Meter: 11.10.10.11 Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: liturgical Songs of Response First Line: Sing we now of Christmas, Noel sing we here Refrain First Line: Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel Lyrics: 1 Sing we now of Christmas, Noel, sing we here! Hear our grateful praises to the babe so dear. Refrain: Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel! Sing we now of Christmas, sing we now Noel! 2 Angels called to shepherds, "Leave your flocks at rest, journey forth to Bethlehem, find the lambkin blest." [Refrain] 3 In Bethlehem they found him; Joseph and Mary mild, seated by the manger, watching the holy child. [Refrain] 4 From the eastern country came the kings afar, bearing gifts to Bethlehem guided by a star. [Refrain] 5 Gold and myrrh they took there, gifts of greatest price; there was ne'er a place on earth so like paradise. [Refrain] Worship and Rejoice, 2003 Text Sources: Traditional French carol

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Author: Phillips Brooks, 1835-1893 Meter: 8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6 Appears in 853 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas 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 all the 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 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 Immanuel! Used With Tune: ST. LOUIS

Joy to the World

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,871 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas; Christmas Season First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: Let earth receive her King; Let ev'ry heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heav'n and nature sing. 2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns: Let us, our songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy. 3 No more let sin and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as, the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love, And wonders of his love, And wonders, wonders of his love. Scripture: Psalm 98 Used With Tune: ANTIOCH

O come, let us adore him

Author: Frederick Oakeley, 1802-1880 Meter: Irregular Appears in 742 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas Day First Line: O come, all ye faithful Lyrics: 1 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; come and behold him born the King of Angels: Refrain: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord! 2 God of God, Light of Light, lo! he abhors not the Virgin's womb; very God, begotten, not created: [Refrain] *3 See how the shepherds, summoned to his cradle, leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear; we too will thither bend our joyful footsteps: [Refrain] *4 Lo! star-led chieftains, Magi, Christ adoring, offer him incense, gold, and myrrh; we to the Christ child bring our heart's oblations: [Refrain] 5 Child, for us sinners poor and in the manger, fain we embrace thee, with awe and love; who would not love thee, loving us so dearly? [Refrain] 6 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, sing, all ye citizens of heaven above; glory to God in the highest: [Refrain] [On Christmas Day only] 7 Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning, Jesu, to thee be glory given; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing: [Refrain] Scripture: 1 John 4:19 Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES Text Sources: Latin, 18th century

The First Noel

Meter: Irregular Appears in 406 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: The first Noel the angel did say Refrain First Line: Noel, Noel Lyrics: 1 The first Noel the angel did say, Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay, keeping their sheep, On a cold winter’s night that was so deep. Refrain: Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel! Born is the King of Israel. 2 They looked up and saw a star Shining in the east beyond them far; And to the earth it gave great light, And so it continued both day and night. [Refrain] 3 And by the light of that same star Three Wise Men came from country far; To seek for a king was their intent, And to follow the star wherever it went. [Refrain] 4 This star drew nigh to the northwest, O’er Bethlehem it took its rest; And there it did both stop and stay Right over the place where Jesus lay. [Refrain] 5 Then entered in those Wise Men three, Full rev'rently upon their knee, And offered there in his presence Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense. [Refrain] Used With Tune: THE FIRST NOWELL Text Sources: English carol, c. 17th cent.

What Child Is This

Author: William C. Dix, 1837-1898 Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.8.6.7 Appears in 207 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: What child is this, who, laid to rest Lyrics: 1 What child is this, who, laid to rest, On Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the king, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing; Haste, haste to bring him laud, The babe, the son of Mary! 2 Why lies he in such mean estate Where ox and ass are feeding? Good Christian, fear; for sinners here The silent Word is pleading. Nails, spear shall pierce him through, The cross be borne for me, for you; Hail, hail the Word made flesh, The babe, the son of Mary! 3 So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh; Come, peasant, king, to own him. The King of kings salvation brings; Let loving hearts enthrone him. Raise, raise the song on high, The virgin sings her lullaby; Joy, joy, for Christ is born, The babe, the son of Mary! Used With Tune: GREENSLEEVES

Hark! the herald-angels sing

Author: C. Wesley Appears in 1,336 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas Day Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald-angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” 2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; Universal nature say, Christ the Lord is born to-day! 3 Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord: Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of the virgin’s womb! 4 Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity! Pleased as Man with men to appear, Jesus, our Emmanuel here! 5 Hail, the heavenly Prince of Peace, Hail, the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, Risen with healing in His wings. 6 Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die; Born to raise us from the earth; Born to give them second birth. 7 Come, Desire of nations, come, Fix in us Thy humble home; O, to all Thyself impart, Formed in each believing heart! Used With Tune: MONKLAND

Of the Father's Love Begotten

Author: Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-413 Appears in 215 hymnals Topics: Church Year Christmas Lyrics: 1 Of the Father’s love begotten ere the worlds began to be, he is Alpha and Omega– he the source, the ending he, of the things that are, that have been, and that future years shall see evermore and evermore. 2 O that birth forever blessed, when a virgin, blest with grace, by the Holy Ghost conceiving, bore the Savior of our race; and the babe, the world’s Redeemer, first revealed his sacred face, evermore and evermore. 3 This is he whom seers in old time chanted of with one accord, whom the voices of the prophets promised in their faithful word; now he shines, the long expected; let creation praise its Lord evermore and evermore. 4 Let the heights of heaven adore him; angel hosts, his praises sing: powers, dominions, bow before him and extol our God and King; let no tongue on earth be silent, every voice in concert ring evermore and evermore. 5 Christ, to you, with God the Father and the Spirit, there shall be hymn and chant and high thanksgiving and the shout of jubilee: honor, glory, and dominion and eternal victory evermore and evermore. Scripture: Revelation 22:13 Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM Text Sources: Tr. composite

Go, Tell It on the Mountain

Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 106 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: While shepherds kept their watching Lyrics: Refrain: Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born. 1 While shepherds kept their watching o'er silent flocks by night, behold, throughout the heavens there shone a holy light. Refrain 2 The shepherds feared and trembled when lo! above the earth rang out the angel chorus that hailed our Savior's birth. Refrain 3 Down in a lowly stable the humble Christ was born, and God sent us salvation that bless-ed Christmas morn. Refrain Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 Used With Tune: GO TELL IT Text Sources: Afro-American spiritual, 19th cent.

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Author: John M. Neale; Henry S. Coffin Appears in 512 hymnals Topics: Christmas Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: Latin: c. 9th Century