Christmas Hymn.
Reading edition
"Peace on earth, and good-will to men."
Lift up the grateful heart to Him, The Friend of want and pain, Whose birth the joyous angels sang, On green Judea's plain; "Good-will and peace!" how sweet the sound Upon the midnight air, While sleep the fleecy flocks around, Watched by their shepherd's care. So we, within this Christian fold, Lambs of our teacher's love, Who hear that melody divine, Still echoing from above, Would fain, through all of life, obey The spirit of the strain, That so the bliss by angels sung Might not to us be vain.