Music on Christmas Morning (EN 3702)

EN 3702 Music on Christmas Morning

Luke.2.13

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Music I love—but ne’er a strain

Could kindle raptures so divine,

So grief assuage, so conquer pain,

And rouse this pensive heart of mine;

As that we hear on Christmas morn,

Upon the wintry breezes borne.

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Though darkness still her empire keep,

And hours must pass, ere morning break;

From troubled dreams, or slumbers deep,

That music kindly bids us wake:

It calls us, with an angel’s voice,

To wake, and worship, and rejoice.

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To greet with joy the glorious morn,

Which angels welcomed long ago,

When our redeeming Lord was born,

To bring the light of Heaven below;

The powers of darkness to dispel,

And rescue Earth from death and hell.

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While listening to that sacred strain,

My raptured spirit soars on high;

I seem to hear those songs again

Resounding through the open sky,

That kindled such divine delight,

In those who watched their flocks by night.

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With them, I celebrate His birth;

Glory to God, in highest Heaven,

Good will to men, and peace on Earth,

To us a Savior King is given;

Our God is come to claim His own,

And Satan’s power is overthrown!

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A sinless God, for sinful men,

Descends to suffer and to bleed;

Hell must renounce its empire then;

The price is paid, the world is freed,

And Satan’s self must now confess,

That Christ has earned a right to bless.

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Now holy peace may smile from Heaven,

And heavenly truth from earth shall spring:

The captive’s galling bonds are riven,

For our Redeemer is our King;

And He that gave His blood for men

Will lead us home to God again.

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