Scripture Verse

Bethlehem Ephrathah, 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

Introduction

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Benjamin C. Boulter
(1876–1960)

Words: Ben­ja­min C. Boul­ter, in Car­ols Old and Car­ols New, by Charles L. Hut­chins (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Par­ish Choir, 1916), num­ber 737.

Music: Ber­tha Boul­ter (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

Where shall the Prince of Peace be born,
And where shall the Sav­ior rest?
In a sta­ble bare, in a crib for­lorn:
For the bu­sy inn doth cru­el­ly scorn
Its great and glo­ri­ous guest.

Where shall the Prince of Peace be born,
And where shall the Sav­ior rest?
To a ru­ined church, on a Christ­mas morn,
To a world by hat­red and war­fare torn,
He com­eth the Sav­ior blest.

Where shall the Prince of Peace be born,
And where shall the Sav­ior rest?
In the hearts of men that are crowned with thorn,
In the hearts of lone­ly wo­men that mourn,
In the hearts of the poor op­pressed.

Bare and un­wor­thy this heart of mine,
Yet there shall the Sav­ior rest;
For the al­tar lights on the cra­dle shine,
And the glo­ry of God fills the ru­ined shrine,
Quia Je­sus na­tus est.