Christmas Hymn (II.)

See amid the winter's snow,

Born for us on earth below,

See the tender Lamb appears,

Promis'd from eternal years.

Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!

Hail, redemption's happy dawn!

Sing through all Jerusalem,

Christ is born in Bethlehem!

Lo, within a manger lies

He who built the starry skies;

He who, thron'd in height sublime,

Sits amid the cherubim.

Hail, &c.

"Say, ye holy shepherds, say

What your joyful news to-day?

Wherefore have ye left your sheep

On the lonely mountain steep?"

Hail, &c.

"As we watch'd at dead of night,

Lo! we saw a wondrous light;

Angels singing, 'Peace on earth,'

Told us of the Saviour's birth."

Hail, &c.

Sacred Infant! all divine!

What a tender love was Thine,

Thus to come from highest bliss

Down to such a world as this!

Hail, &c.

Teach, oh, teach us, holy Child,

By Thy face so meek and mild;

Teach us to resemble thee

In Thy sweet humility.

Hail, &c.

Virgin Mother! Mary blest!

By the joys that fill thy breast,

Pray for us, that we may prove

Worthy of the Saviour's love

Hail,&c.