Tune title: Humility/Oxford
Back to front page Sung to the following words:
| Verse 1. | See, amid the winter's snow, Born for us on Earth below. See, the Lamb of God appears, Pro-mised from eternal years. |
Verse 2. | Lo, within a manger lies He who built the starry skies He who throned in height sublime Sits amid the cherubim |
| Verse 3. |
Say ye holy shepherds, say What your joyful news today Wherefore have ye left your sheep On the lonely mountain steep |
Verse 4. | As we watched at dead of night Lo, we saw a wondrous light Angels, singing peace on Earth Told us of the Saviour's birth |
| Verse 5. | Sacred Infant, all divine What a tender love was thine Thus to come to highest bliss Down to such a world as this |
Verse 6. | Teach, O teach us, holy child By Thy face so meek and mild Teach us to resemble Thee In the sweet humility |
| Chorus |
Hail, thou ever blessed morn! Hail, redemption's happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. |