O Holy Night

O ho­ly night

the stars are bright­ly shin­ing;

It is the night of the dear Sav­ior’s birth!

Long lay the world in sin and er­ror pin­ing

Till He ap­peared and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope

the wea­ry soul re­joic­es

For yon­der breaks a new and glo­ri­ous morn.

Fall on your knees

O hear the an­gel voic­es!

O night di­vine

O night when Christ was born!

O night

O ho­ly night

O night di­vine!

Led by the light of a faith se­rene­ly beam­ing

With glow­ing hearts by His cra­dle we stand.

So led by light of a star so sweet­ly gleam­ing

Here came the wise men from Ori­ent land.

The King of kings lay thus in low­ly man­ger

In all our tri­als born to be our friend!

He knows our need—to our weak­ness is no strang­er.

Behold your king; be­fore Him low­ly bend!

Behold your king; be­fore Him low­ly bend!

Truly He taught us to love one an­oth­er;

His law is love and His Gos­pel is peace.

Chains shall He break

for the slave is our bro­ther

And in His name all op­pres­sion shall cease.

Sweet hymns of joy in grate­ful chor­us raise we

Let all with­in us praise His ho­ly name!

Christ is the Lord! O praise His name for­ev­er!

His pow’r and glo­ry ev­er­more pro­claim!

His pow’r and glo­ry ev­er­more pro­claim!