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 CAROLS 
 
 FOR USE DURING 
 
 (Jl^pisl^inas anb ^pp|ang, 
 
 IN THE 
 
 CHURCH ife SUNDAY SCHOOL. 
 
 TORONTO : 
 
 T. HILL & .S(JN, CAXTON PRESS. 
 
 1878. 
 
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 tfhnistmas. 
 
 Hark, hark! the sweet, sweet 
 Chiming. 
 
 Hark ! hark ! the sweet, sweet chiming 
 
 Of merry Christmas bells ! 
 Their low melodious hymning, 
 
 A wondrous story tells ! 
 Beneath the stars that glisten 
 
 O'er distant Syrian plains, 
 The watching shepherds listen 
 
 To clear, angelic strains. 
 
 "To God the highest glory !" 
 
 While heavenly arches ring. 
 Responsive to the story 
 
 That Gabriel doth sing : 
 " The peace on earth whose blessing 
 
 Shall bring good will to men ; 
 And in his name progressing, 
 
 Shall fill the world again ! ^ 
 
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 CAROLS, 
 
 And where the dawn is streaking: 
 
 The eastern skv, afar, 
 They see the glory breaking 
 
 From ofl' a new-born Star 
 ,It shines above the manger 
 
 Wherein a babe is born, 
 And for that infant stranger 
 
 Archansfels hail the morn 
 
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 No kingly crown awaits him, 
 
 No robe of Tyrian dye, 
 But heavenly choirs his praises 
 
 Are sonnding through the sky ! 
 For Bethlehem's lowly manger 
 
 The King of kings contains ! 
 A nd Glory I Glory I Glory ' 
 
 The Lord of all he reigns ! 
 
 Sing sweet Carols. 
 
 Sing sweet carols, Christ is born, 
 
 Glory, hallelujah I 
 8ing sweet songs for Christmas morji. 
 
 Glory, hallelujah I 
 Hear the angels' song afar. 
 As it floats from star to star. 
 As it floats from star to star. 
 
 Glory, hallelujah ! 
 
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CAROLS. 
 
 Sing they now as once of old, 
 
 Glory, hallelujah ! 
 Striking on their harps of gold, 
 
 Glory, hallelujah ! 
 Children, join your Christmas hymn 
 With the chanting seraphim, 
 With the chanting seraphim, 
 
 Glory hallelujah ! 
 
 Through the silent skies afar, 
 
 Glory, hallelujah ! 
 See his bright and shining star, 
 
 Glory, hallelujah ! 
 As it shone long years ago, 
 On Judea's hills of snow, 
 On Judea's hills of snow, 
 
 Glory, hallelujah ! 
 
 Jesus once a little child. 
 
 Glory, hallelujah ! 
 Guide us by thy Spirit mild, 
 
 Glory, hallelujah ! 
 Till our Christmas songs we sing 
 In the city of our King, 
 In the city of our King, 
 
 Glory, hallelujah ! 
 
 Good Christian Men, rejoice. 
 
 Good Christian men, rejoice 
 With heart and soul and voice ; 
 Give ye heed to what we say : 
 News ! News ! 
 
6 CAROLS. 
 
 Jesus Christ is born to-day : 
 Ox and ass before Him bow, 
 And He is in the manger now. 
 
 Christ is born to-day I 
 
 Christ is born to day ! 
 
 Clood Christian men, rejoice 
 
 With heart and soul, and voice : 
 
 Now ye hear of endless bliss : 
 Joy ! Joy I 
 
 Jesus Christ was born for this ! 
 
 He hath oped the heavenly door, 
 
 And man is blessed ever more. 
 Christ was born for this I 
 Christ was born for this ! 
 
 Good Christian men, rejoice 
 With heart, and soul, and voice ; 
 
 Now ye need not fear the grave : 
 Peace 1 Peace ! 
 
 Jesus Christ was born to save ! 
 
 Calls you one, and calls yon all. 
 
 To gain His everlasting hall : 
 Christ was born to save I 
 Christ was born to save I 
 
 Three Kings of Orient. 
 
 We three kings of Orient are ; 
 Bearing gifts we traverse afar. 
 
 Field and fountain, ^^ 
 
 Moor and mountain. 
 Following yonder Star. 
 
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CAROLS. 
 
 Chorus. — O Star of wonder, Star of nitrlit. 
 Star with Royal Beauty bright, 
 Westward leading. 
 Still proceeding, 
 ' Guide us to Thy perfect Light 
 
 Born a King on Bethlehem plain, 
 Gold I bring to crown h^'m again : 
 
 King for ever, 
 
 Ceasing never 
 Over us all to reign. 
 
 Chorus. — O Star of Wonder, &c., 
 
 Frankincense to offer have I, — 
 Incense owns a Deity nigh : 
 
 Prayer and praising 
 
 All men raising, 
 Worship Him, God on high. 
 
 Chorus. — O Star of Beauty, (kc. 
 
 Myrrh is mine ; its bitter perfume 
 Breathes a life of gathering gloom ; 
 
 Sorrowing, sighing, 
 
 Bleeding, dying. 
 Sealed in the stone-cold tomb. 
 
 Chorus — O Star of Wonder, &c. 
 
 Glorious now behold him arise. 
 King, and God, and Sacrifice ; 
 
 Heav'n sing>s 
 
 Hallelujah ! 
 Hallelujah, the earth replies. 
 
 Chorus. — O Star of Wonder, <fec. 
 
CAROLS. 
 
 I know, I know. 
 
 I know, I know 
 
 Where the green leaves grow, 
 When the woods without are bare ; 
 
 Where a sweet perfume 
 
 Of the woodland's bloom 
 Is afloat on the winter air. 
 
 Where tempest strong 
 
 Hath howled along 
 With his war-whoop wild and loud, 
 
 Till the broad ribs broke 
 
 Of the forest oak, 
 And his crown of glory bowed. 
 
 I know, I know 
 
 Where the green leaves grow, 
 Tho' the groves without are bare ; 
 
 Where the branches nod 
 
 Of the trees of God, 
 And the wild vines flourish fair. 
 
 For a fragrant crown, 
 
 When the Lord comes down, 
 Of the deathless green we braid, 
 
 O'er the altar bright, 
 
 Where the tissue white, 
 Like winter snow is laid. 
 
 And we think 'tis meet 
 
 The Lord to greet. 
 As wise men did of old, 
 
 With the spiceries 
 
 Of incense trees, 
 And hearts like the hoarded gold. 
 
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 And so we shake 
 
 The snowy flake 
 From cedar and myrtle fair ; 
 
 And the boughs that nod 
 
 On the hills of God, 
 We raise to His glory there. 
 
 I know, I know 
 
 No place below, 
 Like the home I fear and love ; 
 
 Like the stilly spot 
 
 Where the world is not, 
 But the nest of the Holy Dove. 
 
 For there broods He, 
 
 'Mid every tree 
 That grows at the Ohristmas-ti<le ; 
 
 And there, all year. 
 
 O'er the font so clear, 
 His hovering wings abide. 
 
 And so, I know 
 
 No place below, 
 So meet for the bard's true lav. 
 
 As the allevs broad 
 
 Of the Church of God, 
 Where nature is green for aye. 
 
 The Manger Throne. 
 
 Like silver lamps in a distant shrine, 
 The stars are sparkling bright ; 
 
 The bells of the city of God ring out, 
 For the Son of Mary was born to-night 
 
 The gloom is past, and the morn at last 
 
 Is coming with orient light. 
 
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10 CAROLS. 
 
 Never fell melodies half so sweet 
 
 As those which are filling the skies ; 
 
 And never a palace shone half so fair 
 
 As the manger bed where our Saviour lies; 
 
 No night in the year is half so dear 
 As this which has ended our sighs. 
 
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 Now a new Power has come on the earth, 
 
 A match for the armies of Hell : 
 A Child is born who shall conquer the foe, 
 
 And all the spirits of wickedness quell : 
 For Mary's Son is the Mighty One 
 
 Whom the prophets of God foretell. 
 
 The stars of heaven still shine as at first 
 They gleamed on this wondei-ful night ; 
 
 The bells of the City of God peal out, 
 
 And the Angels' song still rings in the 
 height ; 
 
 And love still turns where the Godhead burns, 
 Hid in Flesh from fleshly sight. 
 
 Faith sees no longer the staj^e floor. 
 
 The pavement of sapphire is there ; 
 The clear light of heaven streams out to the 
 world ; 
 And Angels of God are crowding the nir ; 
 And heaven and earth, through the spotless 
 bii-th. 
 Are at peace on this night so fair. 
 
CAROLS. 1 1 
 
 " Sleep ! Holy Babe !" 
 
 Sleep ! Holy Babe, upon thy mother's breast ; 
 
 Great Lord of earth and sea and sky, 
 
 How sweet it is to see Thee lie 
 In such a place of rest. 
 
 Sleej), Holy Babe ; Thine Ai.^els watch around 
 All bending low with folded wings, 
 Before the Incarnate King of kings, 
 
 In reverent awe profouixd. 
 
 Sleep, Holy Babe ; while I with Mary gaze 
 
 In joy upon that Face awhile, 
 
 Upon the loving infant smile 
 Which there Divinely plays. 
 
 Sleep, Holy Babe ; ah ! take Thy brief repose 
 Too quickly will Thy slumbers break. 
 And Thou to lengthened pains awake, 
 
 That Death alone shall close. 
 
 Carol, Carol, Christians. 
 
 Carol, carol, Christians, 
 
 Carol joyfully, 
 Carol for the coming 
 
 Of ChrlGt's Nativity ; 
 And pray a gladsome Christmas 
 
 For all good Christian men ; 
 Carol, carol. Christians, 
 
 For Christmas comes again. 
 Carol, carol. 
 
12 CAROLS. 
 
 Chorus. — Carol, carol, Christians, 
 Carol joyfully, 
 Carol for the coming 
 Of Christ's Nativity. 
 Carol ! Carol ! 
 
 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. 
 
 (Jhorus. — Carol, carol, &c. 
 
 Wreathe your Christmas garland. 
 
 Where to Christ, we pray ; 
 It shall smell like Carniel 
 
 On our festal day ; 
 Libanus and Sharon 
 
 Shall not greener be. 
 Than our holy chancel. 
 
 On Christ's Nativity. 
 Carol, carol. 
 
 (Jhorus. — Carol, carol, kc. 
 
 Carol, carol. Christians ! 
 
 Like the Magi now. 
 Ye must lade your caskets, 
 
 With a grateful vow : 
 
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 Ye must have sweet incense, 
 Myrrh and finest gold, 
 
 At our Christmas altar, 
 Humbly to unfold. 
 Carol, carol. 
 
 Chorus. — Carol, carol, &c. 
 
 Give us grace, O Saviour, 
 
 To put off in might, 
 Deeds and dreams of darkness, 
 
 For the robes of light I 
 And to live as lowly, 
 
 As Thvself with men : 
 So to rise in glory, 
 
 VV^lien Thou com'st again. 
 Carol, carol. 
 
 Chorus. — Carol, carol, kc. 
 
 Angels from the Realms of Glory. 
 
 Angels, from the realms of glory. 
 Wing your flight o'er all the earth, 
 
 Ye who sang creation's story, 
 Now proclaim Messiah's Birth. 
 Come and worship ! 
 
 Worship Christ, the New-born King 1 
 
 She])herds, in the tields abiding, 
 
 Watching o'er your flocks by night, 
 
 (tOD with man is now residing, 
 
 Y^onder shines the Heavenly Light : 
 Come and worship I 
 
 Worship Christ, the Now-born King ! 
 
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14 CAROLS. 
 
 Saints and Angels join in praising 
 Thee, the Father, Spirit, Son, 
 
 F]veiuiore their voices raising 
 To the Eternal Three in One ; 
 Come and worship ! 
 
 Worship Christ, the New-born King 
 
 Stars all bright are beaming. 
 
 Stars all bright are beaming 
 
 From the skies above, 
 Nature's face all gleaming, 
 
 Shines with Heaven's own love. 
 
 (j'honis. — Wake and sing, good Christians, 
 On this Birthday Morn, 
 Heaven and earth are telling 
 God for man is born. 
 
 Here for us abiding, 
 
 Cradled in a Stall, 
 All His glory hiding. 
 
 See the Lord of all ! 
 
 ( 'horns.— Wsike and sing, &c. 
 
 Born that He might lead us 
 From this desert home, — 
 
 Guide our way, and feed us, 
 Till the eiul shall come ! 
 
 C/tonis. Wake and siuij, cVc. 
 
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 Thousand thousand blessings 
 Sing we for His Love, 
 
 Choral Hymns addressing 
 To our Lord above. 
 
 (Jhorus. — Wake and sing, (fee. 
 
 Glory in the Highest, 
 
 Foi' this wondrous Birth ; 
 
 Choir of Heaven ! thou criest 
 Peace to all the earth I 
 
 Chorus. — Wake and sing, &c. 
 
 High let us swell our Tuneful Notes. 
 
 Hiffh let us swell our tuneful notes, 
 And join the Angelic Throng, 
 
 For Angels no such love have known, 
 To wake a cheerful song. 
 
 Good- will to sinful men is shown, 
 And Peace on earth is given. 
 
 For lo ! the Incarnate Saviour comes. 
 With messages from Heaven. 
 
 Justice and Grace, with sweet accord. 
 
 His rising Beams adorn ; 
 Let Heaven and earth in concert join. 
 
 To us a Child is born. 
 
 Glory to God in highest strains, 
 
 In highest worlds be given ; 
 His Will by us on earth be done. 
 
 As it is done in Heaven. 
 
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 Hark ! what mean those Holy Voices. 
 
 Hark I what mean those holy voices, 
 Sweetly sounding from the skies ? 
 
 Lo ! the Angel Host rejoices, 
 Heavenly Alleluias rise. 
 
 Chorus. — Hark I what mean those holy voices, 
 Sweetly sounding from the skies? 
 Lo the Angel Host rejoices, 
 Heavenly Alleluias rise, 
 
 'Hllory in the Highest, Glory," 
 
 Thus they chant their joyful strain ; 
 
 " Glory in the Highest, Glory, 
 
 Peace on earth. Good- will to men." 
 
 (Jhoi'us. — Hark, kc. 
 
 With their blessed Alleluias, 
 
 Hear what wondrous things they tell, 
 
 How lost man has now a Saviour, 
 Born to conquer death and hell. 
 
 (JJiorus. — Hark, &c. 
 
 Born Thy people to deliver, 
 Jesu I from the death of sin ; 
 
 Born to make us Thine for ever, — 
 Still abide our souls within ! 
 
 Chorus. — Hark, <fec. 
 
 Son of God ! Most Holy Jesu ! 
 
 Endless Glory be to Thee ; 
 To the Father and the Spirit, 
 
 Now and through Eternity. 
 
 (Jhorus. — Hark, (fee. 
 
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 Carol, sweetly carol. 
 
 Carol, sweetly carol, 
 
 A Saviour born to-day ; 
 Bear the joyful Tidings, 
 
 Oh, bear them far away : 
 Carol, sweetly carol, 
 
 Till earth's remotest bound 
 Shall hear the mighty chorus, 
 
 And echo back the sound. 
 
 Chorus. — Carol, sweetly carol, 
 
 Carol sweetly to day : 
 Bear the joyful Tidings, 
 Oh, bear them far away. 
 
 Carol, sweetly carol, 
 
 As when the Angel throng, 
 O'er the vales of Judah, 
 
 Awoke the Heavenly song : 
 Carol, sweetly carol, 
 
 Goodwill, and Peace, and Love, 
 Glory in the Highest 
 
 To God Who reigns above. 
 
 Chorus. — Carol, sweetly carol, &c. 
 
 Carol, sweetly carol. 
 
 The happy Christmas time : 
 Hark ! the bells are pealing 
 
 Their merry, merry chime : 
 
18 CAROLS. 
 
 Carol, sweetly carol, 
 
 Ye shining ones above, 
 
 Sing in loudest numV)ers, 
 Oh, sing redeeming Love. 
 
 Chorus. — Carol, sweetly carol, &c. 
 
 Come ! ye Lofty, come ! ye Lowly. 
 
 Come ! ye lofty, come ! ye lowly, 
 
 Let your songs of gladness ring ; 
 In a stable lies the Holy, 
 
 In a manger rests the King. 
 See, in Mary's arms reposing, 
 
 Christ by highest Heaven adored ; 
 Come ! vour circle round him closing. 
 
 Pious hearts that love the Lord. 
 
 Come ! ye poor, no pomp of station 
 
 Robes the Child your hearts adore ; 
 He, the Lord of all salvation. 
 
 Shares your want, is weak and poor. 
 Oxen round about, behold them. 
 
 Rafters naked, cold, and bare ! 
 See the Shepherds ! God has told them 
 
 That the Prince of Life lies there. 
 
 Come I ye children blithe and merry, ' 
 This one Child your model make ; 
 
 Christmas holly, leaf, and berry. 
 All be prized for His dear Sake. 
 
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 Come ! ye gentle hearts and tender, 
 Come ! ye spirits keen and bold, 
 
 All in all your homage render. 
 
 Weak and mighty, young and old. 
 
 High above a Star is shining, 
 
 And the Wise Men haste from far ; 
 Come, glad hearts and spirits pining, 
 
 For you all has risen a Star. 
 Let us bring our poor oblations, 
 
 Thanks, and love, and faith, and }) raise ; 
 Come, ye ]>eople, come, ye nations. 
 
 All in all draw nigh to gaze ! 
 
 Hark 1 the Heaven of heavens is ringing, 
 
 Christ the Lord to man is born ; 
 Are not all our hearts, too, singing 
 
 Welcome, welcome, Christmas morn ? 
 Still the Child, all power possessing, 
 
 Smiles as through the ages past ; 
 And the song of Christmas blessing 
 
 Sweetly sinks to rest at last. 
 
 When the Crimson Sun had set. 
 
 When the crimson sun had set 
 Low behind the wintry sea. 
 On the bright 
 And cold midnight 
 Burst a sound of heavenly glee : 
 (jrloria in excel sis Deo, 
 Gloria in excel sis Deo. 
 
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'20 CAROLS. 
 
 Shepherds watching by their fold, 
 On the crisp arid lioary plain, 
 In the sky 
 Bright Hosts espy, 
 Singing in a gladsome strain, 
 Gloria in excelsis Deo, 
 Gloria in excelsis Deo. 
 
 Where the manger crib is laid. 
 
 In the city fair and free, 
 Hand in hand. 
 This Shepherd band 
 
 Worship Christ on bended knee. 
 Gloria in excelsis Deo, 
 Gloria in excelsis Deo. 
 
 Join with us in welcome song, 
 Ye who in Christ's Home abide, 
 
 Sing the Love 
 
 Of God above 
 Shown at happy Christmas-tide. 
 
 Gloria in excelsis Deo, 
 
 Gloria in excelsis Deo. 
 
 In the Field with their Flocks abiding. 
 
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 In the fields with their flocks abiding, 
 They lay on the dewy ground, 
 
 And glimmering under the starlight, 
 The sheep lay white around. 
 
CAROLS. '2\ 
 
 When the Light of the Lord streamed o'er 
 them, 
 
 And lo I from tlie heaven above 
 All angel leaned from the glory, 
 
 And sang his song of love : — 
 He sang that tirst sweet Christmas, 
 
 The song that shall never cease- — 
 '' Ulory to God in the highest, 
 
 On earth good will and peace." 
 
 '' To you in the City of David 
 
 A Saviour is born to-day I" 
 And sudden a host of the heavenly ones 
 
 Flashed forth to join the lay ! 
 ( ) never had sweeter messai^e 
 
 Thrilled home to the souls of men, 
 And the Heavens themselves had never 
 
 heard 
 A gladder choir till then, — 
 
 For they sang that Christmas carol. 
 That never on earth shall cease — 
 
 " Glory to God in the highest. 
 On earth good will and peace." 
 
 And the shepherds came to the Manger, 
 
 And gazed on the Holy Child, 
 And calmlv o'er that rude cradle. 
 
 The Virgin Mother smiled ; 
 And the sky, in the star-lit silence, 
 
 Seemed full of the angel lay : 
 " To vou in the City of David 
 
 A Saviour is born to day ;" 
 
22 CAROLS. 
 
 Oh they sang — and I ween that never 
 The carol on earth shall cease — 
 
 " (7 lory to God in the highest, 
 On earth good will and [)eace." 
 
 Christmas Chimes. 
 
 lUng out, ye throbbing stars of night ! 
 Blood all the world with rhythmic light, 
 
 For which men long have waited : 
 Repeat the joyous song that rolled 
 From heaven's eternal depths of old, 
 
 When earth was lirst created. 
 Together sing 1 
 For God doth bring 
 Jesus the everlasting Lord, 
 To be by all His works adored. 
 
 Break forth in praise, angelic throngs ! 
 Spread Bethlehem's plains with sweetest 
 songs, 
 A cloud of uttered glory ; — 
 Enfold therein the shepherds meek, 
 And those who fadeless pastures seek. 
 Described in prophets' story. 
 Adore your King ! 
 For God doth bring 
 Emmanuel, the Holy Child, 
 By whom the world is reconciled. 
 
 Rejoice, ye waiting Jews devout, 
 Let your victorious faith ring out ! 
 In swelling Benedictus f 
 
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 The night of watching now is past. 
 Redemption's Day has come at last ! 
 No more can fear afflict us ! 
 
 Let trumpets ring 
 
 For God doth brin^ 
 The promised Heir of David's throne 
 Whose kingdom all the earth shall own. 
 
 Lift up, ye Gentiles, from afar, 
 Your voice of triumph to the Star 
 
 On Sion's foi'ehead flaming ; 
 For lo ! it burns with heavenlv fire, 
 Of cherished dreams and vague desire 
 Fulfilment now proclaiming ! 
 
 Let pseans ring ! 
 
 For God doth bring 
 The King all nations longed to find, 
 The Light and Leader of mankind. 
 
 Hark ! How the bells together chime ! 
 All ringing-in the Golden Time, — 
 
 The Age of love and glory ; 
 The Choirs of Heaven and those of Earth 
 Unite, O Christ, to hail Thy Birth,— 
 
 All worlds, as one, adore Thee. 
 One anthem rolls 
 From ransomed souls, — 
 From Nature, and each living thing 
 To Thee, Incarnate Son and King. 
 
 " Hark ! I hear Sweet Music ringing." 
 
 Hark ! I hear sweet music ringing 
 
 On the stillness of the morn ; » 
 
•24 CAROLS. 
 
 'Tis the angel -liarpers singing, 
 That the Saviour ('hrist is born, 
 
 And their anthem notes are swelling. 
 Like the sea waves, full and strong, 
 
 For of Jesus thev are tellinij, 
 In that wond'rous angel -song. 
 
 Though the Shepherds were the nigh est. 
 
 To the angel-harpers when 
 Their " Hosanna in the highest," 
 
 Fill'd th' astonished ears of men ; 
 Yet the song, the joy, the glory. 
 
 Richer — fuller, comes to us. 
 For we hear the wondrous storv. 
 
 From the Manoer to the Cross. 
 
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 Tis a story full of gladness. 
 
 Bringing peace and blessedness : 
 For it drives away all sadness. 
 
 And relieves of all distress ; 
 'Tis a story giving pleasm-e. 
 
 To the souls bereft of joy ; 
 And it speaks of endless treasure 
 
 For the faithful in the sky. 
 
 Christ was cradled in a manfjer, 
 
 And was wrapped in swadd'ling clothes. 
 That the humblest, poorest stranger, 
 
 Might find comfort in his woes. 
 Jesus led a life of sorrow, 
 
 Was acquainted with all grief. 
 That the desolate might borrow. 
 
 From his anguish, sweet relief. 
 
CAROLS. 2.) 
 
 Unto Him, our glorious Ransom, 
 
 To the Babe of Bethlehem, 
 Well may seraphs sing an anthem, 
 
 And the children answer them ! 
 Hail we, then, the name of Jesus 
 
 On this happy Christmas day ! 
 Who from sin, and sorrow frees us. 
 
 We will praise his name for aye ! 
 
 Bethlehem. 
 
 Cradled all lowly. 
 
 Behold the Saviour Child, 
 A Being holy 
 
 In dwelling rude and wild ! 
 Ne'er yet was regal state, 
 
 Of monarch proud and great. 
 Who grasp'd a nations fate, 
 
 So glorious as the manger bed of 
 Bethlehem ! 
 
 No longer sorrow. 
 
 As without hope, oh, earth ! 
 A brighter morrow 
 
 Dawned with that Infant's birth. 
 Our sins were great and sore. 
 
 But these the Saviour bore, 
 And God was wroth no more. 
 
 His own Son was the Child that lav 
 in Bethlehem ! 
 
 Babe weak and wailing. 
 In lowly village stall, 
 Thv glorv veilinff, 
 <' Thou cam'st to die for all ! 
 
lit; CAROLS. 
 
 The sacrifice is done, 
 
 The world's atonement won, 
 Till Time its course hath run, 
 
 O Jesu, Saviour ! Morning Star of 
 Bethlehem, O Star of Bethle^ 
 hem 1 
 
 From the Eastern Mountains. 
 
 From the Eastern Mountains 
 
 Pressing on they come, 
 Wise Men in their wisdom 
 
 To His humble Home. 
 Stirred by deep devotion 
 
 Hasting from afar, 
 Ever journeying onward, 
 
 Guided by a Star. 
 
 Therr their Lord and Saviour 
 
 Meek and lowly lav, 
 Wondrous Light that led them 
 
 Onward on their way ; 
 F]ver now to lighten 
 
 Nations from afar, 
 As they journey Homeward 
 
 By that guiding Star. 
 
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 Thou who in a manger 
 
 Once hast lowly lain. 
 Who dost now in glory 
 
 O'er all kingdoms reign, 
 Gather in the heathen 
 
 Who in lands afar 
 
 Ne'er have seen the brightness 
 Of Thy guiding Star. 
 
 Gather in the outcasts, 
 
 All who go astray, 
 Throw Thv Kadiance o'er them, 
 
 Guide them on their way, 
 Those who never knew Thee, 
 
 Those who wander far, 
 Guide them by the brightness 
 
 Of Thy guiding Star. 
 
 Onward through the darkness 
 
 Of the lonely night, 
 Shining still before them 
 
 With Thy kindly Light. 
 Guide tiiem, Jew and Gentile, 
 
 Homeward from afar, 
 Young and old together. 
 
 By Thy guiding Star. 
 
 Until every nation. 
 
 Whether bond or free, 
 'Neath Thy Starlit Banner, 
 
 Jesu, follows Thee 
 O'er the distant mountains. 
 
 To that Heavenly Home, 
 Where nor sin nor sorrow, 
 
 Evermore shall come. 
 
28 CAROLS. 
 
 Knowing not the great Creator. 
 
 Knowing not the great Creator 
 
 Lay the world in deepest night, 
 When there broke on Eastern mountains. 
 
 Wondrously a golden light, 
 And the grace-star lead the Magi, 
 
 To the lowly cattle stall 
 Whence the glory daily widening 
 
 Brought Redemption to us all. 
 
 Prostrate fall the bloody altars, 
 
 Men to bats their idols fling. 
 And the Gospel reigns triumphant 
 
 To the Ocean's widest ring. 
 And where its bri^^ht beams are burninfj 
 
 Rises up an Empire new, 
 On the ruins of old temples 
 
 Pleads the Offering one and true. 
 
 There came three Kings ere break of 
 
 day. 
 
 There came three kings, ere break of day 
 
 All on Epiphanie ; 
 Their gifts they bare both rich and rare 
 
 All, all. Lord Christ for Thee : 
 (xold, frankincense and myrrh are there, 
 
 Where is the King ? O where] O where i 
 O where is the King ? O where I 
 
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 The star shone brightly over-head, 
 
 The air was caloi and still, 
 O'er Bethlehem fields its rays were shed, 
 
 The dew lay on the hill : 
 We see no throne, no palace fair, 
 Where is the King ] O where ? where ? 
 
 An old man knelt at a manger low, 
 
 A babe lay in the stall ; 
 The starlight played on the Infant brow^ 
 
 Deep silence lay o'er all : 
 A maiden bent o'er the Babe in prayer : — 
 There is the King, O there ! O there ! 
 
 Thou art our God. 
 
 Thou art our God, we exalt Thee, we praise Thee, 
 Faithful and true are Thy Counsels of old : 
 
 Hymns of Thanksgiving Thy people shall raise 
 Thee, 
 Hailing the mercy thy Prophets foretold. 
 
 Bright is Thy coming, and tempests long hover- 
 ing 
 
 Over our world are dispersed by Thy Grace ; 
 Thou shalt destroy all the face of the covering. 
 
 Mantling the sinful, and hiding the base. 
 
 This is the joy that enkindles our praises, 
 This the glad song of Creation's New Birth : 
 
 God shall wipe sorrow and tears from all faces, 
 God shall give Paradise back to our %irth. 
 
;5() CAROLS. 
 
 This is our God, lo, for Him we have waited, 
 This is the Lord, and He conieth to save : 
 
 Joy for the world that His Mercy created, 
 Triumph o er sin, and o'er death and the grave 
 
 Thou art our God, and we praise Thee, we bless 
 Thee, 
 Wonderful things oui' Redeemer hath done ; 
 Great is Thy Power and Thy love, we confess 
 Thee, 
 Father and Spirit and Well-beloved Son. 
 
 On this glorious Easter Morning. 
 
 On this glorious Easter morning, 
 
 Robbing death of all its sting. 
 Shattering Satan's gloomy empire, 
 
 Rose our Prophet, Priest and King ; 
 Rose the Son of God, triumphant, 
 
 Conq'ror over death and sin. 
 Lift your heads, ye heav'nly Portals, 
 
 Let the Kin^ of Gloi-v in. 
 
 He who left His Father's Glory, 
 
 He who stooped from lieav'n most high, 
 
 Lived as man on earth — and sufier'd, 
 Died— that man no more should die. 
 
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 Xow retnius, a mighty \ictor, 
 Conq'ror over death and sin. 
 
 Lift your heads, ye heav'nly Portals, 
 Let the King of Glory in. 
 
 Christians I this glad Easter morning, 
 
 Tells of Light, and Life, and Love ; 
 Tells us somewhat of the yearning 
 
 Felt for man in heaven above ; 
 Tells how Jesus rose triumphant 
 
 Conqueror over death and sin ; 
 How the everlasting Portals 
 
 Ope'd to let their Monarch in. 
 
 Tells us, too, the joyful tidings, 
 
 That where He is, we shall be ; 
 And that we, too, shall be like Him, 
 
 When we Him in Glory see. 
 Like Him, Vanquishers of Satan, 
 
 Conquerors over death and sin, 
 Lift your heads, ye heavenly Portals, 
 
 Let the ransomed servants in. 
 
 Christmas is here. 
 
 Sing we all merrily, Christmas is here ; 
 Day that we love best of days in the year : 
 Bring forth the holly, the box and the }»ny, 
 Deck out the cottage for glad Christmas day 
 
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 Chorus. — Christmas is here : 
 Christmas is here : 
 
 Sing we all merrily, 
 Cliristuias is here. 
 
 Sing we all joyfully ; sing ot Christ's birth, 
 Sing what the angels sang, " Peace upon earth ;" 
 Parents and cliihiren in bright garments dres'd. 
 Hasten to church to sing praise with the rest. 
 
 Chorus. — Christmas is here, &c. 
 
 Sing we all merrily, draw round the tire. 
 Father and mothei- and grandson and sire, 
 Tell of the mercies to ev'ry one given. 
 Talk of the dear ones who lefc us for heav'n. 
 
 Chorus. — Christmas is here, tkc. 
 
 Slug we all merrily, Christmas is here ; 
 Day that we love best of days in the year : 
 Sisters and brothers and friends far away. 
 Oh how we wish they were with us to-day. 
 
 Chorus. — Christmas is here, ifec. 
 
 Hark ! to the Merry Bells. 
 
 Hark ! to the merry bells which ring, 
 List to the heavenly Host who sing, 
 Glory to God with pious mirth, 
 Good will towards men, and peace on earth. 
 
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 O Thou who welcome news dost brin<r, 
 
 To ev'ry soul both far and near ; 
 
 Lift uj) thy voice with strength, 
 
 Lift up thy voice with strength and sing, 
 
 Behold your God, Redeemer, King. 
 
 Hail, mighty Prince ! eternal King, 
 Let heav'ii and earth rejoice and sing ; 
 Angels and men, with one accord. 
 Break forth in songs to praise the Lord, 
 Break forth in songs to praise the Lord. 
 
 Behold, He comes and leaves the skies ! 
 Awake, ye slumb'ring mortals, rise ! 
 Awake to joy, and hail the morn, 
 The Saviour of the world is born. 
 The Saviour of the world is born. 
 
 The Angels' Song. 
 
 (Boys) Hearken ! sisters, hai-ken ! 
 
 What glorious sounds we hear. 
 Above Judea's verdant hills 
 On airs of midnight clear. 
 Hark the strain ! 'tis floating nigh,- 
 Strain of sweetest melody : — 
 (Boys) " Glory be to God on High !" 
 " Glory be to God on High !" 
 (Cho.) " Glory be to God on High 1" 
 
 (Girls) Listen ! brothers, listen ! 
 
 The music does not cease ; 
 Angelic voices w^arble still, 
 " And on the earth be Peace." 
 
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 List the Song the Angels sing ! 
 While the heavenly arches ring, 
 With the blessed words they bring, 
 (Boys) With the blessed words they bring, 
 ((J ho.) With the blessed words they bring. 
 
 (Boys) Hearken ! sisters, hearken ! 
 
 That heavenly sound again ! 
 The Seraphs bright are chanting still, 
 
 They say " Good will to men." 
 What has brought the glorious light. 
 And the band of Angels bright, 
 With their Song of Joy, to-night ! 
 (Girls) With their Song of Joy, to-nigb.t ! 
 (Clio.) With their Song of Joy, to-night ! 
 
 (Girls) Listen ! brothers, listen ! 
 
 We hear an Angel say : — 
 *' Fear not ; I bring you tidings glad, 
 
 A Saviour's born to-day." 
 Joyful tidings from the sky ! 
 Let each heart and voice reply, 
 Glory be to God on High ! 
 (Jioys) Glory be to God on High ! 
 (Cho.) Glory be to God on High ! 
 
 ( Both) Carol ! we will carol 
 
 With joy the glorious strain, 
 
 Till all the Earth sings songs of joy, 
 And Heaven resounds again. 
 
 Glory be to God on High ! 
 
 Glory be to God on High ! 
 
 (jlory be to God on High ! 
 
 Glory be to God on High ! 
 
 Glory be to God on High ! 
 
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 Gentle Stars. 
 
 Gentle stars were sweetly shining 
 
 O'er the manger where He lay ; 
 Who, an Infant once reclinins^ 
 
 Made this precious Christmas Day. 
 Flesh of onr Flesh, just as we are, 
 
 Weak and faint, a little child ; 
 Thus He came, our Jesus, Brother, 
 
 To His brethren sin-becfuiled. 
 
 (Chorus. — With glad voices then may we. 
 
 Sing around our Christmas Tree ; 
 None can love us as did he. 
 On this blest nativity. 
 
 Glad Tidings. 
 
 Glad tidings to the shepherds, 
 
 Brought the messengers of old, 
 Who came on radiant pinions. 
 
 With their shining harps of gold, 
 On the first bright Christmas morning. 
 
 In the ages far awny, 
 And they sang the birth of Jesus, 
 
 As we sing it here to-day. 
 
 (Chorus, — Ringing out, ringing out 
 
 Are the joy-bel!s, — g^^yly ringing, 
 Glad tidings from the skies. 
 
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 Flinging back, flinging back 
 Are our hearts and voices, — flinging 
 The echoes sweet that rise, 
 The echoes sweet that rise : — 
 A Child is born, a Son is given, 
 To us a glorious gift from Heaven. 
 Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Amen. 
 
 C/iorifs'. — Rinojinij out, 6:c. 
 
 Glad tidiness still arc soundinir 
 
 Of a Saviour born to dav, 
 To heal the broken hearted, 
 
 And to wipe their tears away. 
 Hark ! He calls the heavv laden 
 
 And the weary to His breast, 
 And He takes their cares upon Him, 
 
 Savinii: : " T will m\e vou rest," 
 
 Chorus. — Ringing out, &c.. 
 
 Glad tidings, little children, 
 
 For a Child was born to-day. 
 Who knows vour manv trials, 
 
 And Who sorrows when you stray. 
 Ever go to Him in trouble, 
 
 Freely tell him all your grief, 
 He's your dearest Friend and Brother, 
 
 And can ever give relief. 
 
 Chorus. — Ringing out, ttc. 
 
 Glad tidings, lonely Captive, 
 Jesus comes to set thee free. 
 
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 (tIcicI tidir.gs, homeless Wanderer, 
 He'll prepare a place for thee 
 
 In His Father's House in Gloiv, 
 Where are many mansions bright ; 
 
 There, if here we love Him truly, 
 We shall dwell with Him in liijht. 
 
 (.'horuK — Ringing out, etc., 
 
 Cheerily, Cheerily, Sing We All. 
 
 Cheerily, Cheerily, sing we all, 
 On Christmas Eve the shadows fall. 
 On Christmas Morn the Sunlight breaks, 
 And all the world to gladness wakes. 
 The leaves are dead, the birds are fled. 
 
 The little brooks' tongues are tied with cold ; 
 But Bells may ring, and Children sing 
 For bright and warm is our Shepherd's fold. 
 
 Chorus. — Cheerily, cheerily, sing we all, 
 
 For the day of the year, it draweth 
 near. 
 We children love our own to call 
 
 Christmas, Sweet Christmas, wel- 
 come here. 
 Oh, day of days most dear, most dear, 
 Christmas, Sweet Christmas, wel- 
 come here. 
 
 Heavily hung is our Christmas-tree, 
 Its boughs they glitter for you and me. 
 The hemlock branches, piled with snow. 
 In ever-green woods bend not so low. 
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 (jrod givetli all. The ravens call. 
 
 He hears them. So let us begin. 
 He hears alway, when children pray ; 
 
 For He himself a child hath been. 
 
 (Chorus. — Cheerily, cheerily sing we all, <fec.. 
 
 Dear Lord we would not selfish be. 
 All hearts are not so glad as we. 
 Remember, then, thy poor to-night, 
 And flood their darkness with Thy light ; 
 The hungry feed, the wanderers lead. 
 
 The sorrowing soothe, the captive free. 
 And pity, we pray, on the children's day. 
 All those who have no Christmas-tree. 
 
 (^hortis. — Cheerily, cheerily, sing we all, vfec, 
 
 Where Greenwood Garlands Sweetly 
 
 Twine. 
 
 Where greenwood garlands sweetly twine, 
 Where wave the plumes of fir and pine. 
 We shout glad news, the Saviour's born. 
 This Christmas morn, this jewelled morn. 
 
 The Lord of Grace and boundless love. 
 Stoops from His throne, all thrones above, 
 To save His wounded lambs and torn. 
 This Christmas moi-n, this gladsome morn ! 
 
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 How Beautiful our Christmas-Tree 
 
 How beautiful our Christmas-tree ; 
 
 Amid its branches green 
 The star-like tapers brightly glow, 
 
 And pretty gifts are seen. 
 The goodness of our many fi-iends 
 
 These boughs rich-laden pi'ove ; 
 But, most of all, we call to mind 
 
 Our Heav'nly Father's love. 
 
 For brighter light than now we see 
 
 Shone at the Saviour's birth, 
 When Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, 
 
 Rose o'er the sinful earth. 
 And far more precious than these gifts 
 
 Was that great, heavenly one ; 
 The first, the richest Christmas gift 
 
 Of God's beloved Son. 
 
 O Light of Light 1 Thy radiance shed 
 
 And fill us with Thy love ; 
 Be Thou our portion here on earth, 
 
 And make us Thine above. 
 
 Then, near the glorious Tree of Life, 
 
 Hosannas will we raise 
 To Father, Son and Holy Ghost, 
 
 Throufjh everlastinf; davs. 
 
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 The Christmas Tree. 
 
 (jratlier arouml the Christmas Tree, 
 (lather around the Christmas Tree, 
 
 Ever green 
 
 Have its branches been, 
 It is king of all the woodland scene : 
 For Christ, our King, is born to-day, 
 His reign shall never pass away. 
 
 (y horns. — Hosanna, Hosanna, 
 
 Hosanna in the highest ! 
 
 Gather around the Christmas Tree, 
 Uather around the Christmas Tree, 
 
 Once the pride 
 
 Of the mountain side, 
 Now cut down to ijrace our Christmas-tide : 
 For Christ from heaven to earth came down, 
 To gain, through death, a nobler crown. 
 
 (J hones. — Hosanna, tfec. 
 
 Gather around the Christmas Tree, 
 Gather around the Christmas Tree, 
 
 Every bough 
 
 Bears a burden now. 
 They are gifts of love for us, we trow ; 
 For Christ is born His love to show, 
 And give good gifts to men below. 
 
 dhoriis. — Hosanna, *fec., 
 
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 Sing, Sing for Christmas. 
 
 Sing, sing tor Christmas, 
 
 Welcome happy day, 
 For Christ is born, our Saviour, 
 
 To take our sins away. 
 Sing, sing a' joyful song, 
 
 Loud and clear to-day, 
 To praise our Lord and Saviour, 
 
 Who in the manger lay. 
 
 <Jhoru^. — Sing, sing for Christmas, 
 Welcome happy day, 
 For Christ is born our Saviour, 
 To take our sins away. 
 
 Tell, tell the story 
 
 Of the wondrous night. 
 When shepherds who were watching 
 
 Their flocks till morning liafht. 
 Saw Angel-hosts from Heaven, 
 
 Heard the Angel voice, 
 And so were told the tidings 
 
 Which make the world rejoice. 
 
 <Jh(>rti^. — Sing, sing for Christmas, ifec. 
 
 Hark, hear them singing. 
 
 Singing in the sky, 
 Be worship, honour, glory. 
 
 And praise to God on high. 
 
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 Peace, peace, good-will to men, 
 Born the Child from Heaven, 
 
 The Chi'ist, the Lord, the Saviou 
 The Son to you is given. 
 
 Chorus. — Sing, sing for Christmas, (fee. 
 
 Sing, sing for Christmas, 
 
 Echo, earth, the cry 
 Of worship, honour, glory 
 
 And praise to God on high. 
 Sing, sing, the joyful song. 
 
 Let it never cease. 
 Of glory in the highest, 
 
 On earth, good- will and peace. 
 
 Chorus. — Sing, sing for Christmas, &c.