Glory to Bethlehem

lyricist: Marian Froelich, 1885
Composer: Lester Morse

Wake the Christ­mas car­ols

To the ho­ly Child;

Snow the earth ap­par­els

Winds blow fierce and wild!

See! a star breaks o’er us

Shines a lus­trous gem;

Wake the joy­ful chor­us

Glory to Beth­le­hem.

Wake the joy­ful chorus

To Heav’n’s dia­dem;

For His star breaks o’er us

Glory to Beth­le­hem!

In the dist­ant ag­es

Patriarchs of old

Prophets

priests and sag­es

Of the Child fore­told.

And He came

the Ho­ly

Heaven’s dia­dem

Dwelt with us the low­ly

Glory to Beth­le­hem.

On the night’s soft pin­ion

Floated down a song

Honor and do­min­ion

To the Child be­long;

He shall reign eter­nal

Naught His pow­er shall stem

Praise to Him super­nal

Glory to Beth­le­hem.

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