Scripture Verse

The Babe lying in a manger. Luke 2:16

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Alf­red S. Hart­zell, 1904 (🔊 pdf nwc). Pub­lished in Forms and Hymns for Christ­mas (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hei­del­berg Press, 1906), num­ber 3.

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Hart­zell (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Sing glad hal­le­lu­jahs to the Lord;
Burst forth with His praise with one ac­cord;
Let joy­ful ho­san­nas rise un­to His throne;
Praise be to our in­fant Sav­ior.
He came to re­deem us on this day;
Our du­ti­ful hom­age we would pay;
Most roy­al Mes­si­ah, Thee we would ac­claim;
Praise be to our in­fant Sav­ior.

Hail, bless­èd Re­deem­er, Thee we praise,
And un­to Thy name our songs we raise;
Thou on­ly art wor­thy, Thou on­ly art king;
Praise be to our in­fant Sav­ior.
Low down in a man­ger Thou wast laid;
There three east­ern kings their hom­age paid;
We al­so would wor­ship pros­trate at Thy feet;
Praise be to our in­fant Sav­ior.

Thy ma­ni­fold mer­cies, Lord, we sing,
For Thou art our pro­phet, priest and king;
Come now and reign o’er us, we’re loy­al and true;
Praise be to our in­fant Sav­ior.
All men shall ac­claim Thee Prince of Peace:
Thy hon­or and praise shall ne­ver cease;
Accept our de­vo­tion, our song will e’er be:
Praise be to our in­fant Sav­ior.