Text: | O Little Town of Bethlehem |
Author: | Phillips Brooks |
Tune: | [O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie!] |
Composer: | Lewis H. Redner |
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 For Christ is born of Mary;
And gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wond'ring love.
O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth,
And praises sing to God the King,
And peace to men on earth.
3 How silently, how silently
The wondrous Gift is giv'n!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His Heav'n.
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, How still we see thee lie! |
Title: | O Little Town of Bethlehem |
Author: | Phillips Brooks |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1976 |
Topic: | Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie!] |
Composer: | Lewis H. Redner |
Key: | G Major |