Who Is This in Bethlehem’s Town?

lyricist: William Newton, 1897
Composer: John Dykes, 1862

Who is this in Beth­l’hem’s town

Brings the holy an­gels down—

Shepherds too

and wise men bow

Son of God

’tis Thou! ’tis Thou!

In the tem­ple

who is He

Agèd Si­me­on longs to see?

Happy saint

he pays his vow

Son of God

’tis Thou! ’tis Thou!

Who is He in yon­der cot

Bending to His toil­some lot.

Veiled in flesh we know Thee now

Son of man

’tis Thou! ’tis Thou!

Sing we then with heart and voice

While the sons of men re­joice.

While Heav’n’s glo­ry crowns Thy brow

Son of God

’tis Thou! ’tis Thou!

Hail the Sav­ior

praise Him then

Heav’n’s own rich­est gift to men

Son of God—of man

’tis Thou

We would ev­er praise as now.

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