I Sing the Birth Was Born Tonight

I sing the birth was born to­night

The Au­thor both of life and light;

The an­gels so did sound it

And like the rav­ished shep­herds said

Who saw the light

and were afraid

Yet searched

and true they found it.

The Son of God

th’eter­nal King

That did us all sal­va­tion bring

And freed the soul from dan­ger;

He whom the whole world could not take

The Word

which Heav­en and earth did make

Was now laid in a man­ger.

The Fa­ther’s wis­dom willed it so

The Son’s obe­di­ence knew no No

Both wills were in one sta­ture;

And as that wis­dom had de­creed

The Word was now made flesh in­deed

And took on Him our na­ture.

What com­fort by Him do we win?

Who made Him­self the Prince of sin

To make us heirs of glo­ry?

To see this babe

all in­no­cence

A mar­tyr born in our de­fense

Can man for­get this sto­ry?