This shall be a sign unto you: You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Luke 2:12
Words: Luella Clark, in The Service of Praise, by Lincoln Hall et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall-Mack, 1900), number 167.
Music: J. Lincoln Hall (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Clark (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
A Babe in the manger,
A song in the sky;
On earth benediction,
Rejoicing on high.
A glory for Judah,
A wonderful Light,
To lighten the Gentiles
In sorrow and night.
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A Babe in the manger,
A song in the sky;
On earth benediction,
Rejoicing on high.
A Prince and a Savior,
Immanuel, King;
An unfailing kingdom
Of blessing to bring.
A kingdom of mercy,
Of love, and of peace,
Whose power shall ever
And ever increase.
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Glad dayspring from Heaven,
Break bright on our night;
For morning bring gladness,
For darkness give light.
Hail, Son of the Highest,
Redeemer divine;
Heav’n’s hosts are Thy heralds,
The star is Thy sign.
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Preparèd is Thy pathway,
In passion of pain;
Eternal Thy glory,
Eternal Thy reign.
Priest, Prophet and Savior;
Sing, hosts of the sky,
Shine, stars, at your brightest;
Redemption is nigh.
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