Sweet Christmas Time

The won­drous star of Beth­le­hem

That shone so long ago

To show the wise men where the Lord

Of Heav’n was laid be­low

Throws out its bril­liant

beau­teo­us rays

Today o’er all the earth

And bids us joy­ful­ly pro­claim

The bless­èd Sav­ior’s birth.

Then ov­er the snow

The ec­ho comes to us again;

Proclaim the birth­day of the Christ

Who came to earth

Who came to earth to reign.

The white winged an­gels com­ing down

And fill­ing all the sky

With mu­sic from their gold­en harps

And sing­ing from on high

Bid us to­day

as they did then

The glo­ri­ous an­them swell

And thro’ the world on Christ­mas day

The same old sto­ry tell.

Shine out

O star of Beth­le­hem!

Ye white winged an­gels

sing!

Oh

Christ­mas bells in all the tow­ers

Ring out the tid­ings

ring!

For joy is fill­ing all the earth

And peace each heart sur­rounds

And with us ev­er­more ab­ides

The love that knows no bounds.