Christmas Day (Johnston)

Christmas Day! O hap­py mea­sure

How its songs and puls­es thrill!

How its greet­ings and its trea­sure

All our hearts with glad­ness fill!

Let the winds of win­ter

blow­ing

Toss the snow­flakes in the air;

Sunlight in the heart is glow­ing

Christmas Day is al­ways fair.

Happy day

hap­py day

Full of light and heav’n­ly love

Hear us sing

heav’n­ly King

Grateful songs to Thee above;

All the way

all the way

Let us sing our song of cheer

Joyous Christ­mas now is here

Christmas Day!

Christmas Day

with joy un­fail­ing

Comes to bring us near­er Christ;

To this earth

o’er sin pre­vail­ing

He has brought the gift

un­priced:

Coming from the heav’n­ly ci­ty

Leaving yon­der throne and crown

In His ten­der­ness and pi­ty

Jesus brought sal­va­tion down.

Hail

all hail the heav’n­ly Strang­er

Peace on earth He came to bring;

Cradled in a low­ly man­ger

Yet our Sav­ior

Lord and King.

Gladsome day

lift up your voices

Sing with joy the Christ­mas song;

Heav’n above with earth re­joic­es

Praise Him with yon shin­ing throng.