When Christ Was Born in Bethlehem (Nevin)

When Christ was born in Beth­le­hem

Was born of mo­ther mild

The wise men came with in­cense rare

Unto the ho­ly Child:

The bells of Heav’n rang out with joy

The shep­herds joined the strain—

And all the earth sang loud and clear

Of peace on earth to men.

The Christ had brought this bless­èd peace

To hearts with sin op­pressed

And now

as then

the wea­ry soul

May find in Him its rest.

O let us all re­joice and sing

And shout the joy­ful strain

That Christ

the bless­èd Son of God

O’er Heav’n and earth doth reign.

All hail the Christ

the migh­ty King!

The re­as­cend­ed Lord!

Whom an­gels praise with joy­ful songs

By hosts re­deemed

ad­ored

And as of old

the an­gels sang

Now let our voic­es raise—

A song of joy

of peace

of hope

Of ev­er­last­ing praise.