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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

from We Didn't Know by Cornerstone Church Music

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"And the angel said to them, 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!'"

- Luke 2:10-14

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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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from We Didn't Know, released December 14, 2013
“It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” was actually called “It Came Upon The Midnight Clear” when it was written by Edmund Sears (the original words) and Richard Willis (the original tune) in 1850. The song is in the public domain, and Cornerstone Church Music gladly arranged it in 2013.

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