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THE NATIVITY.
Strike the loud anthem, to hail the blest morning,
Jesus the Saviour an infant appears;
Lo! in the East, a new day-spring is dawning!
Hark! the glad tidings which sound in our ears!
On this auspicious morn,
To us a child is born,
Glory to God in the highest be given;
Hail our Redeemer's birth—
Good will and peace on earth—
Man shall again have conjunction with Heaven.
Jesus the Saviour an infant appears;
Lo! in the East, a new day-spring is dawning!
Hark! the glad tidings which sound in our ears!
On this auspicious morn,
To us a child is born,
Glory to God in the highest be given;
Hail our Redeemer's birth—
Good will and peace on earth—
Man shall again have conjunction with Heaven.
Hark! 't was the voice of a seraph that sounded—
Shepherds of Judea start with surprise,
While, with a radiance of glory surrounded,
Troops of bright angels descend from the skies.
Now loud the choral strain
Swells round the happy plain,
Glory to God in the highest be given;
Hail our Redeemer's birth—
Good will and peace on earth—
Man shall again have conjunction with Heaven.
Shepherds of Judea start with surprise,
While, with a radiance of glory surrounded,
Troops of bright angels descend from the skies.
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Swells round the happy plain,
Glory to God in the highest be given;
Hail our Redeemer's birth—
Good will and peace on earth—
Man shall again have conjunction with Heaven.
Hail to the Saviour, descending from heaven,
To build him a kingdom which never shall cease;
The Child that is born and the Son that is given,
Is God everlasting, the great Prince of Peace.
Praise him with grateful lays,
Pour forth the soul in praise;
The government rests on his shoulders alone:
In him the Godhead dwells
Which has subdued the hells;
And God the Creator as Jesus is known.
To build him a kingdom which never shall cease;
The Child that is born and the Son that is given,
Is God everlasting, the great Prince of Peace.
Praise him with grateful lays,
Pour forth the soul in praise;
The government rests on his shoulders alone:
In him the Godhead dwells
Which has subdued the hells;
And God the Creator as Jesus is known.
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