Joy fills our inmost hearts today!
The royal Child is born:
And angel hosts in glad array
His advent keep this morn.
Rejoice, rejoice!
Th�incarnate Word
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound than this is heard
Emmanuel!
Low at the cradle throne we bend,
We wonder and adore;
And feel no bliss can ours transcend,
No joy was sweet before.
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For us the world must lose its charms
Before the manger shrine,
When, folded in Thy mother�s arms,
We see Thee, Babe divine.
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Thou Light of uncreated Light,
Shine on us, holy Child;
That we may keep Thy birthday bright,
With service undefiled.
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