The Christ Comes to Earth

The mer­ry bells are gai­ly ring­ing

Hear their joy­ous chime;

They wel­come in the Hope of na­tions

Born this Christ­mas time;

While choirs of an­gels sing ex­ult­ing

Let our voic­es rise

In notes of praise to the eter­nal

Lord of earth and skies.

Hail! all hail! bless­èd birth;

The blest de­sire of ev­ery na­tion

Comes at last to earth;

Hail! all hail! Christ your king

The holy One

the great Re­deem­er

Life and light doth bring.

Repeat to all the won­drous tid­ings

Sweetest ev­er heard;

The Shi­loh com­eth to His tem­ple

God re­deems His word;

In hu­man form He now des­cend­eth

Mystery of love;

O hail the source of ev­ery bless­ing

Throned in light above.

Awake! awake! ye slum­ber­ing na­tions

Christ is at your door;

The roy­al Babe of Beth­l’hem’s man­ger

Praise Him ev­er­more;

All glo­ry in the high­est sing­ing

Now His pow­er con­fess;

Crown Him! the Prince of Peace tri­umph­ant

Lord of Right­eous­ness.