From Church to Church

From church to church the bells’ glad tid­ings run:

A vir­gin hath con­ceived

and borne a Son

In Beth­le­hem.

And an­gel hosts

the mid­night of His birth

Sang Glory be to God

and peace on earth

In Beth­le­hem.

Now go we forth

and see this won­drous thing

The shep­herds said

and seek the new­born King

In Beth­le­hem.

Then He­rod sought the roy­al Son to slay

Who ra­ther should have to come to kneel and pray

In Beth­le­hem.

The star went lead­ing on from east to west:

The wise men fol­lowed

till they saw it rest

In Beth­le­hem.

Their frank­in­cense and myrrh

and gold they bring

To hail the God

the Mor­tal

and the King

In Beth­le­hem.

With three­fold gifts the Three­fold God three praise

Who thus vouch­safed the sons of man raise

In Bethlehem.