O men

...start

Have done with less­er things....

...Telling the na­tions of Christ’s glo­ri­ous birth.

Glory to God! let the chim­ing bells ring!...

...The an­gel breathes to earth again,

O star that shone in bright­ness there,...

...By a shin­ing host that sang

While the list­en­ing mid­night rang....

...Till through the deep Ju­de­an night

Hymned by the first born sons of light,...

...That an­gels sing at Christ­mas still:

That an­gels sing at Christ­mas still:...

...The joy­ful song, the an­gel strain:

Glory to God in the high­est,...

...And an­cient wrongs shall cease;

To blood­less vic­to­ry,...