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Hymns / Music :: O Little Town Of Bethlehem

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"Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you shall come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." Micah 5:2

Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity
of the Cyber Hymnal Website

Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)
Courtesy of Phillips Brooks House Association
Words: Phillips Brooks, 1867. Brooks was pastor of the Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The words were inspired by his trip to the Holy Land three years earlier, which he said was "still singing in my soul."

Music: "St. Louis," Lewis Henry Redner, 1868


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Lewis Henry Redner (1831-1908)

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.

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 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.

Where children pure and happy pray to the blessèd Child,
Where misery cries out to Thee, Son of the mother mild;
Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door,
The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, and Christmas comes once more.

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!

Information about the musical score and the Cyber Hymnal Website
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