2 Lo, within a manger lies
He who built the starry skies-
He who, throned in might sublime,
Sat between the cherubim.
Hail! thou ever-blessèd morn!
Hail redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem!
3 "Say, ye happy shepherds, say,
What your joyful news to-day?
Wherefore have ye left your sheep
On the lonely mountain steep?"
Hail! thou ever-blessèd morn!
Hail redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem!
4"As we watched at dead of night,
Lo, we saw a wondrous sight:
Angels, singing peace on earth,
Told us of the Saviour's birth."
Hail! thou ever-blessèd morn!
Hail redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem!
5 Sacred Infant! all divine!
What a tender love was Thine!
Thus to come from highest bliss
Down to such a world as this!
Hail! thou ever-blessèd morn!
Hail redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem!
6 Teach, O teach us, holy Child,
By Thy face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble Thee
In Thy sweet humility.
Hail! thou ever-blessèd morn!
Hail redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem!