A Song in the Night

A song float­ed down

Thro’ the si­lence of night

Enfolding each sha­dowy plain

Glad wel­come to Je­sus

The dear Christ­mas guest

All glo­ri­ous rang the re­frain.

Peace

peace

peace on the earth!

Hear the sweet an­them re­sound­ing!

Peace

peace

peace on the earth!

Message the shep­herds as­tound­ing!

Joy

joy

joy to the world!

Sorrow and sin ’tis con­found­ing

Heav’n’s glad­ness voic­ing

Rapt with re­joic­ing

Angels are sing­ing their glad re­frain.

The mount­ains and hill­tops

Re-echoed the lay

The earth shone with heav­en­ly light;

The word of the pro­phets

The Gos­pel of love

Came true on that won­der­ful night.

The hope of the years

The Re­deem­er di­vine

Is born in the Beth­le­hem town;

From throne to a man­ger

The Lord of the skies

The King pure and ho­ly comes down.