The people that in dark­ness walked
Have seen a won­drous light,
A light that beamed afar,
The bright and morn­ing star,
And those that dwelt in death’s dark vale
Have felt their joy in­crease,
Their con­stant theme shall be,
All hail the Prince of Peace.

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Wonderful, Coun­sel­or!
The ev­er­last­ing Fa­ther,
And the Prince of Peace,
Wonderful, Coun­sel­or!
The ev­er­last­ing Fa­ther,
And the Prince of Peace.

As men re­joice when they di­vide
The spoils which they have gained,
So shall it ev­er be,
When Christ shall set them free.
For He shall break the shoul­der’s staff,
The rod of the op­pressed,
And ev­ery bat­tle won,
As vic­tors we shall rest.

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For un­to us a child is born,
To us a son is giv’n;
His king­dom shall in­crease,
And ne­ver, ne­ver cease,
Upon the throne of Da­vid shall
He reign for­ev­er­more,
Till ev­ery knee shall bow
And eve­ry heart ad­ore.

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