It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – Dec. 30, 2022
For lo! the days are hastening on,By prophet-bards foretold,When with the ever-circling yearsComes round the age of gold;When peace shall over all the earthIts ancient splendors fling,And the whole world give back the songWhich now the angels sing. -Hymn lyrics by Edmund H. Sears
The First Noel the Angel Did Say – Dec. 29, 2022
The first Noel the angel did say,Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,On a cold winter’s night that was so deep. … They looked up and saw a starShining in the east, beyond them far,And to the earth it gave great light,And so it continued […]
Away in a Manger – Dec. 28, 2022
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.The stars in the sky looked down where he lay,The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay. -Anonymous [“History of Hymns: “Away in a Manger”“]
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Dec. 27, 2022
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 shinethThe everlasting Light;The hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee tonight. -Hymn lyrics by Phillips Brooks
