So God imparts to human hearts But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive Him still, The dear Christ enters in. O holy Child of Bethlehem! Our Lord Emmanuel! PHILLIPS BROOKS. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. "Fear not," said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind; "Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. The Glad Evangel The Glad Evangel "To you, in David's town, this day Is born, of David's line, The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, "The heavenly babe you there shall find All meanly wrapped in swaddling bands, Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith "All glory be to God on high, Good will henceforth from Heaven to men Begin and never cease.' 99 NAHUM TATE. Christmas Carol As Joseph was a-walking, The Glad Evange Old Christmas Now he who knows old Christmas, He knows a carle of worth; He comes warm cloaked and coated, We know that he will not fail us, And with sprigs of holly and ivy He must be a rich old fellow: Good luck unto old Christmas, For he doth more good unto the poor Than many a crownèd king! MARY HOWITT. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen The Glad God rest ye, merry gentlemen; let nothing you Evangel dismay, For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas-day. The dawn rose red o'er Bethlehem, the stars When Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on God rest ye, little children; let nothing you affright, For Jesus Christ, your Saviour, was born this happy night; Along the hills of Galilee the white flocks sleeping lay, When Christ, the child of Nazareth, was born on Christmas-day. God rest ye, all good Christians; upon this blessed morn The Lord of all good Christians was of a woman born: Now all your sorrows He doth heal, your sins He takes away; For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas-day. DINAH MARIA MULOCK. |