The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/O Little Town of Bethlehem

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1737735The Army and Navy Hymnal — O Little Town of BethlehemHenry Augustine SmithPhillips Brooks
(St. Louis by Lewis Henry Redner)
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  1. O lit-tle town of Beth-le-hem,
    How still we see thee lie !
    A-bove thy deep and dream-less sleep
    The si-lent stars go by;
    Yet in thy dark streets shin-eth,
    The ev-er-last-ing Light;
    The hopes and fears of all the years
    Are met in thee to-night.
  2. For Christ is born of Ma-ry
    And gath-ered all above
    While mor - tals sleep, the an - gels keep
    Their watch of won-dering love.
    O morn -ing stars, to - geth- er,
    Pro - claim the ho - ly birth,
    And prais-es sing to God the King,
    And peace _to men on earth!
  3. How si-lently, how si-lently
    The Won-dorus gift is given!
    So God im-parts to hu-man hearts
    The bless-ings of his heaven.
    No ear may hear his com ing,
    But in this world of sin,
    Where meek souls will re-ceive him, stil
    The dear Christ en-ters in.
  4. O ho-ly Child of Beth-le-hem,
    De-scend to us, we pray;
    Cast out our sin, and en - ter in;
    Be born in us to-day.
    We hear the Christ-mas an - gels
    The great glad ti-dings tell;
    O come to us, a-bide with us,
    Our Lord Em-man-u-el !
    A-men
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