Nativity of Christ

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Ye shepherds, lend a listening ear

Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Tune: MANOAH (Greatorex)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Ye shepherds, lend a listening ear
To what the angels say;
They bring good tidings from afar,
And wondrous news convey.

2 To you, in Bethlehem’s lonely town,
A Savior’s born to-day;
Go, view the heir of David's crown,
And there your homage pay.

3 Behold the Stranger, and adore
The mercy, love and grace,
Attested now, decreed before,
For Adam’s ruined race.

4 Glory to God in lofty strains,
At the Redeemer’s birth;
Let joy spread thro’ the heav’nly plains,
And peace abound on earth.

5 Let every heart and every tongue
Diffuse His praise abroad;
Shepherds, begin the rapturous song,
All hail, incarnate Lord.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16068

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Ye shepherds, lend a listening ear
Title:	Nativity of Christ
Author:	Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Source:	Appeared in his posthumous Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs, 1818)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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MANOAH (Greatorex)

MANOAH was first published in Henry W. Greatorex's Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1851). This anthology (later editions had alternate titles) contained one of the best tune collections of its era and included thirty-seven original compositions and arrangements by compiler Greatorex as well as m…

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