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1. O Holy Night

Adolphe Charles Adam, Placide Cappeau, and John S. Dwight

Verse 1
O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our
dear Saviour’s birth
Long lay the world
In sin and error pining
Till he appeared and
the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope
the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks
A new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees
O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born

Verse 2
Humbly he lay
Creator come as creature
Born on the floor of a
hay scattered stall
True Son of God
Yet bearing human feature
He entered earth to
reverse Adam’s fall
In towering grace
He laid aside his glory
And in our place
was sacrificed for sin
Fall on your knees
O hear the gospel story
O night divine
O night when Christ was born

Verse 3
Come then to him
Who lies within a manger
With joyful shepherds
proclaim him as Lord
Let not the Promised Son
remain a stranger
In reverent worship
make Christ your Adored
Eternal life is theirs who would
receive him
With grace and peace their lives he
will adorn
Fall on your knees
Receive the Gift of heaven
O night divine
O night when Christ was born

O night
O holy night
When Christ was born

2. Immanuel
Stuart Townend

Verse 1
From the squalor of a borrowed stable
By the Spirit and a virgin’s faith
To the anguish and the shame of scandal
Came the saviour of the human race
But the skies were filled
With the praise of heav’n
Shepherds listen as the angels tell
Of the gift of God come down to man
At the dawning of Immanuel

Verse 2
King of heaven now the friend of sinners
Humble servant in the Father’s hands
Filled with power and the Holy Spirit
Filled with mercy for the broken man
Yes, he walked my road
And he felt my pain
Joys and sorrows that I know so well
Yet his righteous steps give me hope again
I will follow my Immanuel

Verse 3
Through the kisses of a friend’s betrayal
He was lifted on a cruel cross
He was punished for a world’s transgressions
He was suffering to save the lost
He fights for breath
He fights for me
Loosing sinners from the claims of hell
And with a shout our souls are free
Death defeated by Immanuel

Verse 4
Now he’s standing in the place of honour
Crowned with glory on the highest throne
Interceding for his own beloved
‘Til his Father calls to bring them home
Then the skies will part
As the trumpet sounds
Hope of heaven or the fear of hell
But the bride will run to her lover’s arms
Giving glory to Immanuel

 

READING: Matthew 1:18-25

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

 

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3: Silent Night

Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr, and John Freeman Young

Verse 1
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

Verse 2
Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heav’nly hosts sing alleluia
Christ the Saviour is born
Christ the Saviour is born

Verse 3
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

Verse 4
Silent night! Holy night!
Wondrous star, lend thy light
With the angels let us sing
Alleluia to our King
Christ, the Saviour, is born!
Christ, the Saviour, is born! 

 

4. We Three Kings of Orient are

John Henry Hopkins

Verse 1
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Following yonder star

Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light

Verse 2
Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain
Gold I bring to crown him again
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign

Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light

Verse 3
Frankincense to offer have I
Incense owns a deity nigh
Prayer and praising, all men raising
Worship him, God on high

Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light

Verse 4
Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying
Sealed in the stone cold tomb

Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light

Verse 5
Glorious now behold him arise
King and God and sacrifice
Alleluia, alleluia
Sounds through the earth and skies

Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light

 

READING: Matthew 2:1-12

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: “ ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ” 

Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way. 

 

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5. O Come All Ye Faithful

 Frederick Oakeley and John Francis Wade

Verse 1
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

Chorus
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord

Verse 2
God of God
Light of light
Lo, he abhors not the virgin’s womb
Very God
Begotten not created

Chorus
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord

Verse 3
Sing choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing all ye citizens of heav’n above
Glory to God
Glory in the highest

Chorus
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord

Verse 4
Yea Lord we greet thee
Born this happy morning
Je – sus to thee be all glory giv’n
Word of the Father
Late in flesh appearing

Chorus
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord

 

6. Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Felix Mendelssohn and Charles Wesley

Verse 1
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 th’angelic hosts proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King

Verse 2
Christ by highest heav’n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time be-hold him come
Off – spring of a virgin’s womb
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Hail th’incarnate De – ity
Pleased as man with men to dwell
Jesus our Emmanuel
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new – born King

Verse 3
Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace
Hail the sun of righteousness
Light and life to all he brings
Ris’n 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 an gels sing
Glory to the newborn King

 

 

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9. Joy To The World

George Frederic Handel and Isaac Watts

Verse 1
Joy to the world! The Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let ev’ry heart prepare him room
And heav’n and nature sing
And heav’n and nature sing
And heav’n, and heav’n, and nature sing

Verse 2
Joy to the world! The saviour reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods
Rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

Verse 3
No more let sins and sorrows grow
Nor thorns infest the ground
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found
Far as the curse is found
Far as, far as the curse is found

Verse 4
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, wonders of his love

 

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All songs copied By Permission. CCLI Music Reproduction Licence No. 97524