This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...ti-dings of great joy I bring To you and all man-kind." All mean-ly wrapped in swath-ing bands, And in a man ger laid." Good-will hence-forth from heav'n to men Be-gin, and nev-er cease! A-MEN. tFra el, No-el, Born is the King of Is-ra-el. A-MEN. 1. While their flocks the shep-herds tend-ed, Heav'nly hosts to earth de-scend-ed, 2. East-ern seers rich gifts had wrought Him, Gold, frank-¡n-cense,myrrh they brought Him, 3. On that Child with Ma-ry gaz-ing, Join, ye Christians, all in rais-ing 4. From this day's first dawn to e-ven, Praise to Christ our King be giv-en Sing-ing all with voie-es blend-ed "Fear not, Christ is born to-day." Guid-ed by a star they sought Him, Prince of life and Vic-to-ry. Songs to Him whom heav'n is praising, God In-car-nate come to men. By all earth and all in heav-en, In our sweet-est, loft-¡est strain. I 1. As with glad-ness men of old Did the guid-ing Star be-hold, 2. As with joy-ful steps they sped To that low-ly man-ger bed, 3. As they of-fered gifts most rare At that man-ger rude and bare, So, most gra-cious, Lord, may we Ev-er-more be led by Thee. So may we with will-ing feet Ev-er seek the mer-cy-seat. All our cost-liest treas-ures bring, Christ, to Thee, our heav'n-ly King. A-Men. I 1. From the east-ern mountains, Press-ing on they come, Wise-men in their wis-dom 2. There their Lord and Sav-iour Meek and low-ly lay, Wondrous Light that led them 3. Thou who in a man-'ger Once hast low-ly lain, Who dost now in glo-ry 4. Gath-er in the out-casts, All who've gone a-stray, Throw Thy radiance o'er them, To His hum-bie home; Stirr'd by deep de-vo-tion, Has-ting from a-far, On-ward on their way. Ev-er now to light-en Na-tions from a-far, O'er all kingdoms reign, Gath-er in the heath-en, Who in lands a...
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