On the Birthday of the Lord (Washburn)

On the birth­day of the Lord

Angel choirs

with one ac­cord

Joyous chant be­fore the throne:

Glory be to God alone!

Lo! A vir­gin bore the Son

Christ she bore

the Ho­ly One

Virgin ev­er un­de­filed.

Born is our Em­ma­nu­el

Gabriel did the won­der tell;

Prophet eyes afar ad­ored

Him

the sole-be­got­ten Word.

Seraphs bring the glad­some tale

Shepherds sing o’er hill and vale

Of the bless­èd Sav­ior’s birth

Sweetest news for all the earth.

Hail the day

the hap­py morn;

Hail the Child of Ma­ry born;

Born of God’s o’er­sha­dow­ing might

God of God

and Light of Light.

See! the wise their gifts un­fold

Incense

myrrh and roy­al gold;

Kneeling to th’eter­nal King

Glory to our God they sing.