As I was going to Bethlehem-town, Upon the earth I cast me down All underneath a little tree That whispered in this wise to me: “Oh, I shall stand on Calvary And bear what burthen saveth thee!” As up I fared to Bethlehem-town, I met a shepherd coming down, And thus he quoth: “A wondrous […]

Star of the East, that long ago Brought wise men on their way Where, angels singing to and fro, The Child of Bethlehem lay– Above that Syrian hill afar Thou shinest out to-night, O Star! Star of the East, the night were drear But for the tender grace That with thy glory comes to cheer […]

Oh, hush thee, little Dear-my-Soul, The evening shades are falling,– Hush thee, my dear, dost thou not hear The voice of the Master calling? Deep lies the snow upon the earth, But all the sky is ringing With joyous song, and all night long The stars shall dance, with singing. Oh, hush thee, little Dear-my-Soul, […]

Sing, Christmas bells! Say to the earth this is the morn Whereon our Savior-King is born; Sing to all men,–the bond, the free, The rich, the poor, the high, the low, The little child that sports in glee, The aged folk that tottering go,– Proclaim the morn That Christ is born, That saveth them and […]