Text: | O little town of Bethlehem |
Author: | Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) |
Tune: | FOREST GREEN |
Arranger (last stanza): | Thomas Armstrong (1898-1994) |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
1 O little town of Bethlehem,
how still we see thee lie!
above thy deep and dreamless sleep
the silent stars go by:
yet in thy dark streets shineth
the everlasting Light;
the hopes and fears of all the years
are met in thee tonight.
2 O morning stars, together
proclaim the holy birth,
and praises sing to God the King,
and peace to men on earth.
For Christ is born of Mary;
and, gathered all above,
while mortals sleep, the angels keep
their watch of wondering love.
3 How silently, how silently,
the wondrous gift is given!
so God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming;
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive him, still
the dear Christ enters in.
4 O holy Child of Bethlehem,
descend to us, we pray;
cast out our sin, and enter in:
be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
the great glad tidings tell:
O come to us, abide with us,
our Lord Emmanuel.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O little town of Bethlehem |
Author: | Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) |
Meter: | DCM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Angels; Blessing; Children and All-Age Worship(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FOREST GREEN |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
Arranger (last stanza): | Thomas Armstrong (1898-1994) |
Meter: | DCM |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | English Traditional Melody |
Copyright: | Harmonisation: From The English Hymnal, 1906, Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. |