Good people all, this Christmas time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done,
In sending His belov�d Son.
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day;
In Bethlehem upon the morn
There was a blest Messiah born.

The night before that happy tide
The noble virgin and her guide
Were long time seeking up and down
To find a lodging in the town.
But mark how all things came to pass:
From every door repelled, alas!
As long foretold, their refuge all
Was but a humble oxen stall.

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep;
To whom God�s angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear.
�Prepare and go�, the angels said,
�To Bethlehem, be not afraid;
For there you�ll find, this happy morn,
A princely Babe, sweet Jesus born.�

With thankful heart and joyful mind,
The shepherds went the babe to find,
And as God�s angel has foretold,
They did our Savior Christ behold.
Within a manger He was laid,
And by His side the virgin maid
Attending to the Lord of Life,
Who came on earth to end all strife.