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O Come, O Come, Immanuel
06:43
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O come, O come Immanuel,
And ransom captive Israel
Who mourns in lowly exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Cheer our spirits by thine advent here.
Disperse the gloomy shades of night,
And pierce the clouds and bring us light.
O come, thou wisdom from on high
Who orders all things by thy might.
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.
O come, desire of nations, bind
Bind all people in one heart and mind.
Bid envy strife and quarrels cease,
Fill all the world with heaven's peace.
O come, thou rod of Jesse, free
Free thine own from Satan's tyrrany.
From sin and hell thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Immanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
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It came upon a midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold.
"Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
Over all the weary world.
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever over its Babel sounds,
The blessed angels sing.
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long.
Beneath the angels' strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong.
And man, at war with God and man,
Hears not the song they bring.
Oh, hush the noise, you men of strife,
And hear the angels sing.
For, lo! The days are hastening on
By prophets seen of old
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold
When the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace their King,
And all the world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.
"Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
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Sweet Little Jesus Boy
05:53
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Sweet little Jesus boy,
Born a long time ago,
Sweet little holy child,
We didn't know who you were.
Sweet little Jesus boy,
They made you be born in a manger.
Sweet little holy child,
We didn't know who you were.
Didn't know you'd come to save us, Lord,
To take our sins away.
Our eyes were blind, we could not see,
We didn't know who you were.
Long time ago,
You were born,
Born in a manger low,
Sweet little Jesus boy.
The world treats you mean, Lord,
Treats me mean too,
But that's how things are down here
When we don't know who you are.
You have told us how,
We are trying.
Master, you have shown us how
Even when you were dying.
Just seems like we can't do right,
Look how we treated you,
But please forgive us, Lord,
We didn't know it was you.
Sweet little Jesus boy,
Born a long time ago,
Sweet little holy child,
We didn't know who you were.
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Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Christ by highest heaven adored,
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time, behold Him come,
Offspring of a virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see,
Hail the incarnate Deity,
Pleased as man with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Hail the heavenly Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His wings.
Mild, He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth!
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
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