The won­drous star of Beth­le­hem
That shone so long ago,
To show the wise men where the Lord
Of Heav’n was laid be­low,
Throws out its bril­liant, beau­teo­us rays
Today o’er all the earth,
And bids us joy­ful­ly pro­claim
The bless­èd Sav­ior’s birth.

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Then ov­er the snow
The ec­ho comes to us again;
Proclaim the birth­day of the Christ,
Who came to earth,
Who came to earth to reign.

The white winged an­gels com­ing down,
And fill­ing all the sky
With mu­sic from their gold­en harps,
And sing­ing from on high,
Bid us to­day, as they did then,
The glo­ri­ous an­them swell,
And thro’ the world on Christ­mas day
The same old sto­ry tell.

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Shine out, O star of Beth­le­hem!
Ye white winged an­gels, sing!
Oh, Christ­mas bells in all the tow­ers,
Ring out the tid­ings, ring!
For joy is fill­ing all the earth,
And peace each heart sur­rounds,
And with us ev­er­more ab­ides
The love that knows no bounds.

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