True Godhead Incarnate!
Omnipotent Word!
Oh, hasten! oh, hasten!
To worship the Lord.
Christmas Carol
ANGELS we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er our plains,
And the mountains in reply,
Echoing their joyous strains.
Shepherds, why this Jubilee?
Why your rapturous strain prolong?
What may the gladsome tidings be.
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Come to Bethlehem, and see
Him whose birth the angels sing:
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the new-born King,
Sacred Infant all divine.
What a tender love was Thine;
Thus to come from highest bliss,
Down to such a world as this!
Teach, O teach us, holy Child,
By Thy face so meek and mild.
Teach us to resemble Thee.
In Thy sweet humility!
Virgin Mother, Mary blest,
By the joys that fill thy breast
Pray for us that we may prove
Worthy of the Saviour's love.
