O' HOLY NIGHT

01 Joy To The World
Words: Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Music: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Joy to the world, the Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven, and Heaven and nature sing

Joy to the world, the Saviour reigns
Let men their song employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, and wonders of His love
And wonders, and wonders of His love
And wonders, and wonders of His love

02 Hark The Herald
Words: Charles Wesley
Music: William H. Cummings

Hark the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled"
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
Hark the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"

Give Him glory

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings
Risen with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
"Glory to the newborn King!"

Come, Desire of nations, come
Fix in us Thy humble home
Rise, the woman’s conquering Seed
Bruise in us the serpent’s head
Adam’s likeness now efface
Stamp Thine image in its place
Second Adam from above
Reinstate us in Thy love
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"

Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
"Glory to the newborn King!"

Give Him glory

03 O' Come All Ye Faithful
Words: John Francis Wade
Translation: Frederick Oakeley
Music: John Reading (?)

O come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of Angels
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

Sing, choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
O sing all ye citizens of heaven above
Glory to God, He in the highest
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

For You alone are worthy
For You alone are worthy
For You alone are worthy
Christ the Lord

04 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Words: Edmund Hamilton Sears
Music: Richard Storrs Willis

It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
With angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
"Peace on the earth, goodwill to men
From heavens all gracious King!"
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing
To hear the angels sing

For lo! the days are hastening on
By prophets seen of old
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold
When the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace, their King
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing
Which now the angels sing

05 O Holy Night
Words: Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure
Translation: John Sullivan Dwight (1812-1893)
Music: Adolphe Charles Adams (1803-1856)

O holy night! The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till He appeared and the soul felt His worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees and hear the angels' voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born
O night divine, O night when Christ was born

Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we
Let all within us praise His holy name
Christ is the Lord! O praise His name for ever
His power and glory ever more, ever more proclaim!
O night divine, O night, O night divine

O holy night

06 Silent Night
Words: Joseph Mohr
Translation: John Freeman Young
Music: Franz Xavier Gruber

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born

Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

07 The Christmas Gift
Words and music: Rick Eldridge

I want to say... merry Christmas to you
I want to wish you... happiness and joy
But as I look around and see a whole world that's hurting
I can feel the pain... as I see it in their eyes

I want to say... merry Christmas to you
I want to wish you... happiness and joy
But as I look around and see the faces staring blindly
I don't have the answers that can wash away their tears

I know a man who came and died for them
He suffered grief and pain beyond compair
Born a simple child without a home to call his own
Born to be a Savior of the world...

He wants to say... merry Christmas to you
He wants to give you... happiness and joy

And as I look around and see the faces staring blindly
I know He has the answers that can wash away their tears

I know a man who came and died for you
He suffered grief and pain beyond compare
Born a simple child without a home to call his own
Born to be the Savior of the world

He wants to say... merry Christmas to you
He wants to give you... happiness and joy

08 The First Noel
Words and music: Traditional

Born is the King of Israel

The First Noel, the Angels did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep
On a cold winter night that was so deep
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel!

They looked up and saw a great star
Shining in the East beyond them far
And to the earth it gave great light
And so it continued both day and night
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel!

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel!

09 O' Little Town Of Bethlehem
Words: Phillips Brooks
Music: Lewis Redner

O little town of Bethlehem
How still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight

For Christ is born of Mary
And gathered all above
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondrous love
O morning stars together
Proclaim the holy birth
And praises sing to God the King
And Peace to men on earth

How silently, how silently
The wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heaven
No ear may hear His coming
But in this world of sin
Where meek souls will receive him still
The dear Christ enters in

O holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born in us today
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us
Our Lord Emmanuel