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2 Cherubs tell the wondrous story,
Joyous seraphim reply:
"Glory in the highest! glory,

Glory be to God most high!

3 "Peace on earth, good-will from heaven,
Reaching far as man is found,
Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven,
Loud our grateful harps shall sound.
4 "Christ is born, the Great Anointed!
Heaven and earth His praises sing;
O receive whom God appointed
For your Prophet, Priest, and King.
5 "Hasten, children, to adore Him,
Learn His name to magnify,
Till in heaven ye sing before Him,

Glory be to God most high!"

Carol, Carol, Christians.

1 Carol, carol, Christians,

Carol joyfully!

Carol for the coming

Of Christ's Nativity;

And pray a gladsome Christmas
For all good Christian men;

Carol, carol, Christians,

For Christmas come again-Carol, carol.

Carol, carol, Christians,

Carol joyfully!

Carol for the coming.

Hollister, Pt. I., p. 22.

Of Christ's Nativity-Carol, carol.

2 Go ye to the forest

Where the myrtles grow.

Where the pine and laurel

Bend beneath the snow:

Gather them for Jesus,

Wreathe them for His shrine,

Make His temple glorious

With the box and pine.-Carol, carol, &c.

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3 Wreathe your Christmas garland
Where to Christ we pray;

It shall smell like Carmel
On our festal day:
Libanus and Sharon

Shall not greener be,
Than our holy chancel

On Christ's Nativity.-Carol, carol, &c.

4 Carol, carol, Christians!
Like the Magi, now,
Ye must lade your caskets
With a grateful vow:
Ye must have sweet incense,

Myrrh, and finest gold,

At our Christmas altar

Humbly to unfold.-Carol, carol, &c.

5 Blow, blow up the trumpet
For our solemn feast;
Gird thine armor, Christian;
Wear thy surplice, priest:
Go ye to the altar,

Pray, with fervor pray,

For Jesus' second coming,

And the Latter day.-Carol, carol, &c.

6 Give us grace, O Saviour,

To put off, in might,

Deeds and dreams of darkness

For the robes of light!

When Thou com'st again.-Carol, carol, &c.

While Shepherds Watched.

1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,

The angel of the LORD came down,

And glory shone around.

Hollister, (Pt. I., p. 25.

2 "Fear not," said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled minds;

Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.

3 "To you, in David's town, this day,
Is born, of David's line,

The Saviour, who is Christ the LORD;
And this shall be the sign:

4 "The heavenly babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,

All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid."

5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng

Of angels, praising God, who thus
Addressed their joyful song:

6 "All glory be to GOD on high,

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4 Come and worship at His feet;

Yield to Him the homage meet-
From the manger to the throne,
Homage due to GOD alone.

Silent Night! Holy Night!

1 Silent night! holy night!

All is calm, all is bright,

Round yon Virgin Mother and Child!
Holy Infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace.

2 Silent night! holy night!

Shepherds quake at the sight!
Glories stream from Heaven afar,
Heavenly Hosts sing Alleluia!

CHRIST THE SAVIOUR is born!

3 Silent night! holy night!
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy Holy Face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy Birth!

How precious is the Story.

1 How precious is the story

Of our Redeemer's birth,
Who left the realms of glory,
And came to dwell on earth!

He saw our sad condition,

Our guilt, and sin, and shame;
To save us from perdition
The blessed Jesus came.

2 He came to Earth from Heaven
To weep, and bleed, and die,
That we might be forgiven,
And raised to God on high.

Hollister, Pt. I., p. 34.

Hollister, Pt. I., p. 36.