Petite Ville, Bethléem

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1 Petite ville, Bethléem, tu dors tranquillement
Sur ton sommeil, l’étoile d’or se lève au firmament.
Sa lumière éternelle nous apporte la joie.
Oui, la réponse à nos appels, ce soir se trouve en toi.

2 Car Jésus de Marie est né, et tandis que tout dort,
Les anges là-haut assemblés chantent leurs doux accords.
Proclamez sa naissance, étoiles du matin!
Apportant la paix et l’amour, voici l’Enfant divin.

3 Ah! qu’il fut donné simplement ce présent merveilleux!
Ainsi Dieu bénit les humains en leur ouvrant les cieux.
Nul n’entend sa venue dans ce monde pécheur.
Mais Jésus entre, bienvenu, dans les plus humbles coeurs.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14069

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Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Author: Phillips Brooks

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) Go to person page >

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Petite ville, Bethléem, tu dors tranquillement
Title:	Petite Ville, Bethléem
English Title:	O little town of Bethlehem
Author:	Phillips Brooks (1867)
Translator:	Anonymous
Language:	French
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ST. LOUIS (Redner)

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