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#78 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
O little town of Bethlehem
Tune
Forest Green
Metric Index
CMD
Key & Modality
F Major
Last one uses
December 23rd, 2018 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Carol
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
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.
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.
2.
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.
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.
3.
How silently, how silently,
the wondrous Gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming,
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive him, still
the dear Christ enters in.
the wondrous Gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming,
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive him, still
the dear Christ enters in.
4.
Where children pure and happy
pray to the blessed Child,
where misery cries out to thee,
Son of the mother mild;
where charity stand watching
and faith holds wide the door,
the dark night wakes, the glory breaks,
and Christmas comes once more.
pray to the blessed Child,
where misery cries out to thee,
Son of the mother mild;
where charity stand watching
and faith holds wide the door,
the dark night wakes, the glory breaks,
and Christmas comes once more.
5.
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!
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!
Hymn References
Adapter and Harmonizer
Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958
Author
Phillips Brooks 1835-1893
Publication Date
1985
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#250 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / Blessed be the God of Israel (F Major ) [click to view]#695 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / As saints of old their first-fruits brought (F Major ) [click to view]
#398 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / I sing the almighty power of God (F Major ) [click to view]
#705 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / As those of old their first fruits brought (F Major ) [click to view]
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