Scripture Verse

Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us. Luke 2:15

Introduction

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Charles Case (1843–1918)

Words: He­ze­ki­ah But­ter­worth, 1901, alt. Ap­peared in Choice Songs, ed­it­ed by Charles C. Case (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion Soc­i­ety, 1902), num­ber 36.

Music: Charles C. Case (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Hezekiah Butterworth
(1839–1905)

Lyrics

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See, a star is in the air,
And its light is trail­ing low,
To Beth­le­hem let us hast­en,
To Beth­le­hem let us go.

Refrain

With gold and nard and myrrh,
To Beth­le­hem let us go,
To Beth­le­hem let us hast­en,
To Jesus let us go.

For gold, our hearts we’ll bring,
For myrrh, re­pent­ance rise,
For nard, our cens­ers swing
’Neath the wings of sing­ing skies.

Refrain

For the Babe who fills the skies
With harps of quiv­er­ing gold,
Let our an­thems now arise
Like the pro­phets’ psalms of old.

Refrain