It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Text :

Sears, Edmund Hamilton (1810-1876)

Music :

Willis, Richard Storrs (1819-1900)

Keynote :

Scripture Reference :

Luke 2 : 8-14, Isa 9 : 1-6, Gen 11 : 9

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It Came Upon A Midnight ClearVerse 1
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It 
came u
pon a 
midnight clear
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That 
glorious 
song of 
old
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From 
angels 
bending 
near the earth
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To 
touch their 
harps of 
gold
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"Peace 
on the earth, good 
will to men
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From 
heaven`s all 
gracious 
King;"
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The 
world in 
solemn 
stillness lay,
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To 
hear the 
angels 
sing
Verse 2
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Sti
ll thr
ough t
he cloven skies they come
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With 
peaceful 
wings un
furl
ed,
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And s
till th
eir heav
enly music floats
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O`e
r all the we
ary world
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Above i
ts sad and lowly pla
ins
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They 
bend on hover
ing wing;
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And 
ever o`er
 its Ba
bel sounds
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The
 blessed 
angels 
sing
Verse 3
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And
 ye, b
eneath
 life`s crushing load
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Whose
 forms ar
e bendin
g lo
w,
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Who t
oil alo
ng the c
limbing way
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Wit
h painful st
eps and s
low
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Look no
w! for glad and gold
en hours
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Come 
swiftly on th
e wing;
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O re
st beside
 the we
ary road
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And
 hear the
 angels
 sing
Verse 4
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For
 lo th
e days
 are hast`ning on
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By pr
ophets se
en of ol
d
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When 
with th
e ever-c
ircling years
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Sha
ll come the 
time fore
told
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When pe
ace shall over all t
he earth
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Its a
ncient splend
our fling
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And 
all the w
orld gi
ve back the song
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Whi
ch now th
e angel
s sing