Echoes of Bethlehem

Ring out

ye bells

your mer­ry lay

Ring sweet­ly on the ear;

Ring out with notes of glad­ness

That all the world may hear;

Tell the bless­èd sto­ry

Of how the brill­iant star

Arrayed the path in floods of light

For shep­herds from afar.

Ring out the tid­ings

The Sav­ior now is born

Go swell the chor­us

This bright Christ­mas morn;

Joy bells are ring­ing

The glad ju­bi­lee

Heav’n’s joy­ful mes­sage

Sal­va­tion is free.

Ring out anew the an­gel’s song

Of Peace

good­will to men;

The song of heav’n­ly sweet­ness

That rang o’er Beth­le­hem.

Peal the joy­ous ac­cents

The sacr­ed song of old

While all the arch­es of the sky

Their beau­ties rare un­fold.

Peal on

ye bells

up­on the ear

Your mu­sic floats to­day

And wait­ing hearts re-ec­ho

Your song with mer­ry lay;

While the hills of Ju­dah

Send back the glad re­ply

And greet with sac­red me­lo­dy

The Day­spring from on high.