Ring Out, Ye Throbbing Stars of Night

Ring out

ye throb­bing stars of night!

Fill all the world with rhyth­mic light

For which men long have wait­ed;

For which men long have wait­ed!

Repeat the joy­ous song that rolled

From Heav’n’s eter­nal depths of old

When earth was first cre­at­ed

When earth was first cre­at­ed!

Together sing! For God doth bring

Jesus

the ev­er­last­ing Lord

To be by all His works ado­red.

Break forth in praise

an­gel­ic throngs!

Spread Beth­le­hem’s plains with sweet­est songs

A cloud of ut­tered glo­ry

A cloud of ut­tered glo­ry!

Enfold there­in the shep­herds meek

And those who fade­less pas­tures seek

Described in pro­phets’ sto­ry

Described in pro­phets’ sto­ry.

Adore your king! For God doth bring

Emanuel the ho­ly Child

By whom the world is re­con­ciled.

Rejoice

ye wait­ing Jews de­vout!

Let your vic­tor­ious faith ring out

In swell­ing Be­ne­dic­tus

In swell­ing Be­ne­dic­tus!

The night of watch­ing now is past

Redemption’s day has come at last

No more can fear af­flict us

No more can fear af­flict us.

Let trum­pets ring! For God doth bring

The pro­mised heir of Da­vid’s throne

Whose king­dom all the earth shall own!

Lift up

ye Gen­tiles from afar

Your voice of tri­umph to the star

On Si­on’s fore­head flam­ing

On Si­on’s fore­head flam­ing!

For lo! It burns with heav’n­ly fire

Of cher­ished dreams and vague de­sire

Fulfillment now pro­claim­ing

Fulfillment now pro­claim­ing!

Let pæ­ans ring! For God doth bring

The King all na­tions longed to find!

The light and leader of man­kind!

Hark! how the bells to­ge­ther chime!

All ring­ing in the gold­en time

The age of love and glo­ry

The age of love and glo­ry!

The choirs of Heav’n and those of earth

Unite

O Christ! to hail Thy birth

All worlds as one ad­ore Thee

All worlds as one ad­ore Thee!

One an­them rolls from ran­somed souls

From na­ture and each liv­ing thing

To Thee

in­car­nate Son and King!