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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.
O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth,
And praises sing to God the King,
And peace to men on earth;
For Christ is born of Mary,
And gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.
For Christ is born of Mary,
and gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
their watch of wondering 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.
Where children pure and happy pray
to the blessèd Child,
Where misery cries out to Thee,
Son of the mother mild;
Where charity stands watching
and faith holds wide the door,
The dark night wakes, the glory breaks,
and Christmas comes once more.
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 Immanuel!
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Hymnals
| Hymnal
| Number
| Tunes Used
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| Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861-1874
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| The Year of Praise, 1867
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| The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868
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| The Sarum Hymnal, 1869
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| The Parish Hymnal, 1870
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| The Church Hymnal (US), 1871-1874
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| Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874
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| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874
| #
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924
| # 642
| Wengen
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| A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879
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| The Universal Hymn Book, 1885
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| The Mission Hymnal, 1885
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| The Hymnal Companion, 1890
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington)
| # 58
| St. Louis
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker)
| # 58
| Bethlehem (Barnby)
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins)
| # 58
| Bethlehem (Barnby), St. Louis
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| # 58
| Bethlehem (Barnby), Brooks
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein)
| # 58
| Bethlehem (Barnby), St. Louis
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter)
| # 58
| Midsomer Norton
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| The Yattendon Hymnal, 1900
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| The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1902
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| Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904
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| The English Hymnal, 1906
| # 15
| Forest Green
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| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1908
| # 80
| Bethlehem (Barnby), St. Louis
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| The Mission Hymnal, 1913
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| The Hymnal 1916 (US)
| # 112
| St. Louis
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| Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917
| # 112
| Bethlehem Ephratah
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| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1919
| # 83
| Forest Green
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| Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins)
| # 57
| Bethlehem (Barnby), St. Louis
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| The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925
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| Songs of Praise, 1925
| # 53
| Forest Green
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| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition, 1931
| # 79
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1938
| # 82
| Forest Green, St. Louis
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| The Hymnal 1940 (US)
| # 21
| Forest Green, St. Louis
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| Christian Worship, 1941
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950
| # 65
| Forest Green, Wengen
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| The Mirfield Mission Hymn Book, 1955
| # 202
| Forest Green
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| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1960
| # 66
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| Anglican Hymn Book, 1965
| # 122
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| The Hymn Book 1971 (Canada)
| # 421
| Forest Green, St. Louis
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| The Australian Hymn Book, 1977
| # 240
| Forest Green
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| The Hymnal 1982 (US)
| # 78,79
| Forest Green, St. Louis
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard, 1983
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| The New English Hymnal, 1985
| # 32
| Forest Green
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| Hymns for Today's Church, 1987
| # 88
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| Church Family Worship, 1988
| # 647
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican, 1996
| # 377
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| Common Praise (Canada), 1998
| # 120,121
| St. Louis, Forest Green
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| Together in Song (Australia), 1999
| # 316
| Forest Green
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| Sing Glory, 1999
| # 358
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| Complete Mission Praise, 2000
| # 503
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| Common Praise, 2000
| # 63
| Forest Green
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| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican, 2000
| # 508
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 2000
| # 174
| Christmas Carol, Forest Green
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| The Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition (Scotland), 2005
| #
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| The Book of Hymns, 2006
| #
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| Zion Still Sings, 2007
| #
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