CHRISTMAS Benjamin Copeland (1896) O HOLY, happy morning, That saw the Saviour's birth! The star, thy brow adorning, Beams mercy on the earth. For shepherds, and for sages, Thy cheer, impartial, free,— The travail of the ages Finds recompense in thee. My soul, be thou believing,— No more thy past deplore; In Christ all loss retrieving, Rejoice for evermore. By love unknown attended, Thy weary watch and ward,— Behold! the vision splendid! The angel of the Lord! And hark! the herald angel! The radiant, rapturous throng! The ravishing evangel Floods all the hills with song: "To God in heaven, glory, Good will to men below;" Speed, speed the blessed story, That all the world may know.
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