Words, texts and lyrics.
O, Little Town of Bethlehem
Silent Night
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Brethren, We Have Met to Worship
Give Me That Ol' Time Religion
O, Little Town of Bethlehem - words by Phillips Brooks, music by Lewis H. Redner.
O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dream-less sleep,
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shi-neth
The ev-er-last-ing Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee to-night.
For Christ is born of Ma-ry,
And ga-thered all a-bove,
While mor-tals sleep, the an-gels keep
Their watch of won-dering love.
O Morn-ing stars, to-ge-ther,
Pro-claim the ho-ly birth,
And prais-es sing to God the King,
And peace to men on earth!
How si-lent-ly, how si-lent-ly,
The won-drous Gift is given!
So God im-parts to hu-man hearts
The bless-ings of His heaven.
No ear may hear His com-ing,
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will re-ceive Him still,
The dear Christ en-ters in.
O Ho-ly Child of Beth-le-hem!
De-scend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and en-ter in,
Be born in us to-day!
We hear the Christ-mas an-gels
The great glad ti-dings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Im-ma-nu-El!
A-men.
Silent Night - words by Joseph Mohr and music by Franz Gruber.
Silent night, ho-ly night,
All is calm, all is bright,
Round yon Vir-gin Mo-ther and child!
Ho-ly In-fant so ten-der and mild,
Sleep in hea-ven-ly peace,
Sleep in hea-ven-ly peace,
Silent night, ho-ly night,
Dark-ness flies, all is light;
Shep-herds hear the an-gels sing,
"Al-le-lu-ia! hail the King!
Christ the Sav-iour is born,
Christ the Sav-iour is born."
Silent night, ho-ly night,
Son of God, love's pure light,
Ra-diant beams from Thy ho-ly face,
With the dawn of re-deem-ing grace,
Je-sus, Lord, at Thy birth,
Je-sus, Lord, at Thy birth.
Silent night, ho-ly night,
Won-drous Star, lend thy light;
With the an-gels let us sing,
Al-le-luia to our King;
Christ the Sav-iour is born,
Christ the Sav-iour is born.
A-men.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - words by Charles Wesley (altered by George Whitefield,)
music by Felix Mendelssohn, adapted by William H. Cummings.
Hark! the he-rald an-gels sing,
"Glo-ry to the new-born King;
Peace on earth and mer-cy mild;
God and sin-ners rec-on-ciled."
Joy-ful, all ye na-tions rise,
Join the tri-umph of the skies;
With an-ge-lic hosts pro-claim,
"Christ is born in Beth-le-hem!"
Hark! the he-rald an-gels sing,
"Glo-ry to the new-born King."
Christ, by high-est heaven a-dored
Christ, the ev-er-last-ing Lord;
Late in time, be-hold Him come
Off-spring of a vir-gin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the God-head see,
Hail th'in-car-nate De-i-ty!
Pleased as man with men to dwell,
Je-sus our Im-ma-nu-El.
Hark! the he-rald an-gels sing,
"Glo-ry to the new-born King."
Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of right-eous-ness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with heal-ing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glo-ry by,
Born that we no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! the he-rald angels sing.
"Glo-ry to the new-born King!"
A-men.
Brethren, We Have Met to Worship - words by George Atkins, music by William Moore.
Breth-ren, we have met to wor-ship,
And a-dore the Lord our God;
Will you pray with all your pow-er,
While we try to preach the Word?
All is vain un-less the Spi-rit
Of the Ho-ly One comes down;
Breth-ren, pray and ho-ly man-na
Will be show-ered all a-round.
Breth-ren, see poor sin-ners round you
Slum-ber-ing on the brink of woe;
Death is coming, hell is moving,
Can you bear to let them go?
See our fa-thers and our mo-thers,
And our children sink-ing down;
Breth-ren, pray and ho-ly man-na
Will be show-ered all a-round.
Sis-ters, will you join and help us?
Mo-ses' sis-ter aid-ed him;
Will you help the trem-bling mourners
Who are struggling hard with sin?
Tell them all a-bout the Sav-iour,
Tell them that He will be found;
Sis-ters, pray, and ho-ly man-na
Will be show-ered all a-round.
Let us love our God su-preme-ly,
Let us love each oth-er too;Let us love and pray for sin-ners,
Till our God makes all things new.
Then He'll call us home to heav-en, At His ta-ble we'll sit down;
Christ will gird Him-self, and serve us
With sweet man-na all a-round.
A-men.
Give Me That (or) 'Tis The Old Time Religion - words by, music by
'Tis the old time religion,
'Tis the old time religion,
'Tis the old time religion,
And it's good enough for me.
It was good for our mothers,
It was good for our mothers,
It was good for our mothers,
And it's good enough for me.
Makes me love ev'rybody,
Makes me love ev'rybody,
Makes me love ev'rybody,
And it's good enough for me.
It has saved, saved our fathers,
It has saved our fathers,
It has saved our fathers
and it's good enough for me.
It will do when I am dying,
it will do when I am dying,
it will do when I am dying
and it's good enough for me.
It will take us all to Heaven,
It will take us all to Heaven,
it will take us all to Heaven
and it's good enough for me,
A-men.
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