 | A Christmas Carol |  |
THE SONG OF A REPUBLICAN
For hope, come newly down to earth,
We now rejoice,
And lift on high one universal voice
To hail the holy birth.
We now rejoice,
And lift on high one universal voice
To hail the holy birth.
From God the joyful Hope is sent.
To God give thanks!
Arise, and standing in your order'd ranks
Glad vows to him present!
To God give thanks!
Arise, and standing in your order'd ranks
Glad vows to him present!
Hope here on earth! long-promised peace
Appears at last:
O woe-worn human hearts! throb long and fast
Your thanks, without surcease.
Appears at last:
O woe-worn human hearts! throb long and fast
Your thanks, without surcease.
Ye weary watchers of the Night!
Rejoice! rejoice!
Do ye not hear the Angels with sweet voice
Hymning the dawning light?
Rejoice! rejoice!
Do ye not hear the Angels with sweet voice
Hymning the dawning light?
Ye Kings and Wise Ones of the earth!
Uncrown each head!
For Love, by Power nor Craft to be withsted.
At this calm hour has birth.
Uncrown each head!
For Love, by Power nor Craft to be withsted.
At this calm hour has birth.
Hope here on earth! God's day of rest:
After all wars
God's healing hand effacing world-old scars:
The Future of the Blest.
After all wars
God's healing hand effacing world-old scars:
The Future of the Blest.
Long, long the night that endless seem'd;
Faith watch'd alone,
Waiting the Dragon Wrong to be oe'rthrown
And a lost world redeem'd;
Faith watch'd alone,
Waiting the Dragon Wrong to be oe'rthrown
And a lost world redeem'd;
Nor vainly pray'd and suffering strove
Mid the world's din,
With prayer, 'gainst Greed and Injury and Sin,
Paving the way of Love.
Mid the world's din,
With prayer, 'gainst Greed and Injury and Sin,
Paving the way of Love.
Now Hope hath come, with peace for earth,
Earth will be heaven:
Our frailties and our faults by Love forgiven,
Man's life at last made worth.
Earth will be heaven:
Our frailties and our faults by Love forgiven,
Man's life at last made worth.
| A Christmas Carol | |