Cantique de Noel
Adolphe Adam
Soloist Mary Miller
Saint Clement Choir Sang this Song
- 2010.12.24 Mary Miller
- 2016.12.24 Mary Miller *
Lyrics
1
O ho-ly night!
the stars are bright-ly shin-ing,
It is the night of the dear Sav-ior’s birth;
Long lay the world in sin and er-ror pin-ing,
Till He ap-peared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the wea-ry world re-joic-es,
For yon-der breaks a new and glo-rious morn;
Fall on your knees,
Oh, hear the an-gel voi-ces!
O night di-vine,
O night when Christ was born!
O night, Di-vine O night O night di-vine!
2
Led by the light of faith se-rene-ly beam-ing,
With glowing hearts by His cra-dle we stand;
So led by light of a star sweet-ly gleam-ing
Here came the wise men from O-ri-ent land.
The King of kings lay thus in low-ly man-ger,
In all our tri-als born to be our friend;
He knows our need, Our weakness is no stran-ger
Be-hold your king be-fore Him low-ly bend!
Be-hold your king be-fore Him low-ly bend!
3
Tru-ly He taught us to love one an-oth-er,
His law is love, and His gos-pel is peace;
Chains shall He break for the slave is our broth-er,
And in His name all op-pres-sion shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grate-ful cho-rus raise we,
Let all within us praise His ho-ly name;
Christ is the Lord, Oh, praise His name for-ev-er!
His pow’r and glo-ry ev-er-more pro-claim!
His pow’r and glo-ry ev-er-more pro-claim!