Verse 1

GOD from on high hath heard; Let sighs and sorrows cease; The skies unfold, and lo! Descends the gift of peace.

Verse 2

Hark! on the midnight air Celestial voice swell; The hosts of heaven proclaim God comes on earth to dwell.

Verse 3

Haste with the shepherds; see The mystery of grace: A manger-bed, a child, Is all the eye can trace.

Verse 4

Is this the Eternal son, Who on the starry throne Before the worlds begun Was with the Father One?

Verse 5

Yes, faith can pierce the cloud Which shrouds His glory now, And hail Him God and Lord, To whom all creatures bow.

Verse 6

Faith sees the sapphire throne, Where angels evermore Adoring tremble still, And trembling still adore.

Verse 7

O child! Thy silence speaks, And bids us not refuse To bear what flesh would shun, To spurn what flesh would choose.

Verse 8

Fill us with holy love, Heal Thou our earthly pride; Born in each lowly heart, For ever there abide. Amen

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