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CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE

WORSHIP LYRICS

Joy to the World—By Isaac Watts

Joy to the world! The Lord is come;

Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare Him room,

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns;

Let men their songs employ;

While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat the sounding joy.

Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

He rules the world with truth and grace 

And makes the nations prove.

The glories of His righteousness

And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love

And wonders, and wonders of His love.

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Angels We Have Heard on High—By James Chadwick

Angels we have heard on high

Sweetly singing o’er the plain

And the mountains in reply

Echoing their joyous strain

Chorus: Gloria in excelsis Deo

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Shepherds, why this jubilee?

Why your joyous strains prolong?

What the gladsome tidings be

Which inspire your heaven’ly song.

Come to Bethlehem and see

Him, whose birth the angels sing

Come, adore on bended knee

Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.

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O Come All Ye Faithful—By John Francis Wade

O come, all ye faithful,

Joyful ad triumphant,

O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;

Come and behold Him born the King of angels.

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him.

O come, let us adore Him.

Christ, the Lord.

Sing choirs of angels, 

Sing in exultation. 

O sing, all ye bright host of heaven above;

Glory to God, all glory in the highest.

Yes, Lord we greet Thee,

Born this happy morning.

Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;

Word of the Father,

Now in flesh appearing.

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O Holy Night—By John Sullivan Dwight

O Holy night, the stars are brightly shining,

It is the night of our dear Savior's birth,

Long lay the world in sin and error pining,

'Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,

For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees,

O hear the angel voices,

O night divine!

O night when Christ was born.

O night, divine!

O night, O night divine!

Truly He taught us to love one another,

His law is love and His gospel is peace.

Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother,

And in His name, all oppression shall cease.

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,

Let all within us praise His holy name.

Christ is the Lord! O praise His Name forever,

His power and glory evermore proclaim.

His power and glory evermore proclaim.

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Silent Night—By Joseph Mohr & Franz Xaver

Silent Night, Holy Night!

All is calm, all is bright

‘Round yon virgin mother and child,

Holy Infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace,

Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent Night, Holy Night!

Shepherds quake at the sight;

Glories stream from heaven afar,

Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;

Christ the Savior is born!

Christ the Savior is born!

Silent Night, Holy Night!

Son of God, Love’s pure light,

Radiant beams from Thy holy face,

With the dawn of redeeming grace,

Jesus Lord, at Thy birth,

Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.