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| 1 In the field with their flocks abiding, They lay on the dewy ground; And glimmering under the starlight, The sheep lay white around, When the light of the Lord streamed o’er them, And lo! from the heaven above, An angel leaned from the glory, And sang his song of love:— He sang, that first sweet Christmas, The song that shall never cease. Refrain: “Glory to God in the highest, On earth good will and peace.” 2 “To you in the City of David A Saviour is born today!” And sudden a host of the heav’nly ones Flash’d forth to join the lay! O never hath sweeter message Thrill’d home to the souls of men And the heav’ns themselves had never heard A gladder choir till then, For they sang that Christmas carol, That never on earth shall cease. [Refrain] 3 And the shepherds came to the manger, And gaz’d on the Holy Child; And calmly o’er that rude cradle The Virgin Mother smil’d; And the sky, in the starlit silence, Seem’d full of the angel lay; “To you in the City of David A Saviour is born today;” O they sang—and I ween that never The carol on earth shall cease. [Refrain] | Voices of Praise: for school and church and home #357 (1883) The Cyber Hymnal #3009 The Church Hymnal: containing hymns approved and set forth by the general conventions of 1892 and 1916; together with hymns for the use of guilds and brotherhoods, and for special occasions (Rev. ed) #664 (1920) Northfield Hymnal: for use in evangelistic and church services, conventions, sunday schools, and all prayer and social meetings of the church and home #54 (1904) |
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