The distant skies are beaming

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1 The dist­ant skies are beam­ing
With twink­ling stars so bright
That by their dazz­ling gleam­ing
Now fades the si­lent night;
And an­gels clad with glo­ry
Descend up­on the earth
To tell the sac­red sto­ry
Of Jesus’ won­drous birth.

2 The Christ­mas tree is blazing
Its greet­ings through the night;
And hap­py folks are gaz­ing
With vi­sions in their sight;
And child­ren’s eyes are stream­ing
With tears of ra­diant joy;
And ev­ery heart is dream­ing
Of love with­out al­loy.

3 Thy sweet and hal­lowed sto­ry,
O pre­cious Christmas-tide,
Thy ho­ly bliss and glo­ry,
May ever­more ab­ide!
No rich­er joy is giv­en,
No pur­er peace on earth
Than which comes from Heav­en
By Je­sus’ won­drous birth.


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16818

Translator: J. T. Mueller

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Text Information

First Line: The distant skies are beaming
German Title: Am fernen Himmel blinken
Translator: J. T. Mueller
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. HILDA (Knecht)

The original form of ST. EDITH (also known as ST. HILDA) was composed in 1793 by Justin Heinrich Knecht for the text “Der neidern Menschhiet Hülle.” It was published in Vollstandige Sammlung … Choralmelodien (1799), edited by Johann Friedrich Christmann and Knecht, who composed ninety-seven o…

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