Know that the Lord is God a-lone, He can create, and He de-stroy.
And when like wand'ring sheep we strayed, He bro't us to His fold
When last-ing hon-ors shall we rear, Almight-y Mak-er

a-gain.

to Thy name. A-men.

4 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise,

5 Wide as the world is Thy command,
Vast as eternity Thy love;

Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

I. It came

up on

2. Still thro' the

3. And ye,

4. For lo,

8

RICHARD S. WILLIS, 1850

clo

the mid-night clear, That glo- rious song of old, ven skies they come, With peace-ful wings unfurled, beneath life's crushing load, Whose forms are bend-ing low, the days are hastening on, proph-et bards fore - told,

By

the earth, good-will to men From heav'n's all-gra-cious King:"

"Peace on
A-bove its sad
Look now! for glad
When peace shall o

The world in sol- emn still-ness lay, To hear the angels sing.
And ever o'er its Ba-bel-sounds The bless-ed an-gels sing.
O rest beside the wea - ry road, And hear the angels sing.
And the whole world give back the song Which now the angels sing.

A-men.

NAHUM TATE, 1703

89

BETHLEHEM C. M. D. (Sullivan)

Old Carol, arr. by ARTHUR SULLIVAN

1. While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seat - ed
2. "To
you, in
David's town this day, Is born, of
3. Thus spake the ser- aph, and forth-with Ap-peared a

4 4

"Glad tid - ings of great joy I bring To you and all man-kind." All mean -ly wrapt 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.