A mes­sage from our Fa­ther,
From yon­der home of light,
Angelic hosts are bring­ing
On this most glo­ri­ous night;
Bethlehem’s star is glow­ing
Most ra­di­ant­ly on high,
While songs of ex­ul­ta­tion
Re-echo through the sky.

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Peace on earth, good will to men,
And to the Sav­ior glo­ry;
For He is born in Beth­le­hem,
Bright an­gels tell the sto­ry;
Let us with joy­ful hearts re­ply,
Sweet Je­su, we adore Thee!

We seek the low­ly stable,
Led by the ang­els fair,
For Christ, the Son of Ma­ry,
Is hum­bly cra­dled there;
With che­rubs watch­ing o’er Him,
And se­raphs throng­ing round;
O enter in with ho­ly joy!
That place is hal­lowed ground.

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With she­pherds poor and lowly,
Our in­fant God we greet;
We of­fer soul and bo­dy
In hom­age at His feet;
He li­eth in the man­ger
Who rules the worlds on high;
O migh­ty God, we bless Thee,
We own Thy ma­jes­ty!

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Hail, sweet and pre­cious Sav­ior,
Now born to set us free!
Hail, love­ly Rose of Sha­ron,
All glo­ry be to Thee!
Hail, great­er Son of Da­vid,
Our Fa­ther’s gift of love!
We bless, adore and praise Thee,
O Day­star from above!

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With Christ­mas be­ne­dic­tion
Fill eve­ry soul, O Lord!
Desire of all the na­tions,
Our blest, in­car­nate God!
A mes­sage from our Fa­ther
Sweet an­gel voic­es bring;
Light up with joy the ta­pers,
Let ev­ery church bell ring!

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