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CHRISTMAS SONG 6. 6. 6. 6. 12. 12. (Second Tune) KARL P. HARRINGTON Andante con moto

Copyright, 1905, by Eaton & Mains
2 There's a tumult of joy
O'er the wonderful birth,
For the Virgin's sweet boy
Is the Lord of the earth.

Ay! the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!

3 In the light of that star

Lie the ages impearled;
And that song from afar

Has swept over the world.

Every hearth is aflame, and the beautiful sing
In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King!

4 We rejoice in the light,

And we echo the song

That comes down through the night

From the heavenly throng.

Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,

And we greet in his cradle our Saviour and King!

Copyright, 1879, 1881, by Charles Scribner's Sons

JOSIAH G. HOLLAND

PETER C. LUTKIN

a song

in the

air! There's a star in

the sky! There's a

J. P. HARDING

114 MORNING STAR 115. 105.

1. Bright - est and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our

dorn ing, Guide where our in fant Redeem - er is laid.

2 Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining;
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore him, in slumber reclining,

Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.

3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Edom and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?

4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation;

Vainly with gifts would his favor secure;
Richer by far is the heart's adoration;
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

REGINALD HEBER

A - MEN.

4 "The heavenly babe you there shall find Good will henceforth from heaven to men,