| Lyrics: | (Philips BrooksLewis H. Redner)
O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see the
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
to-night.
For Christ is born of Mary,
And gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the
angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.
O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy
birth!
And praises sing to God the King,
And peace to men on earth.
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.
The hopes ans fears of all the years
Are
met in thee tonight |
