Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Micah 5:2
Words: Effie S. Black, Heart Whispers (New York & Cleveland, Ohio: F. M. Barton, 1900), page 29.
Music: Duane Street George Coles, 1835 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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Ring out, ye bells of Christmas day,
The sin from earth shall pass away;
Awake, ye shepherds now to greet
This hallowed morn, so glad, so sweet;
For lo! to earth a king has come,
Who left for us His starry home.
Ring out, ye bells of Christmas, ring,
And tell the world of Christ, our king.
O Bethlehem! thou beautiful!
In fair Judea’s lonely vale
Thou gavest to the world a king
Whose praises worlds on worlds shall sing.
Let every heart its homage pay
To Christ our king, this Christmas day.
Ye Christmas bells, peal out! O ring!
And tell the world of Christ, our king.
