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 True Godhead  Incarnate! Omnipotent Word! Oh, hasten! oh, hasten! To worship  the  Lord.

NGELS we  have  heard  on  high, Sweetly singing  o'er  our  plains, And the  mountains  in  reply, Echoing their  joyous  strains.

Shepherds, why  this  Jubilee? Why your  rapturous  strain  prolong? What may  the  gladsome  tidings  be. Which inspire  your  heavenly  song?

Come to  Bethlehem,  and  see Him whose  birth  the  angels  sing: Come, adore  on  bended  knee, Christ the  Lord,  the  new-born  King,

Sacred Infant  all  divine. What a  tender  love  was  Thine; Thus to  come  from  highest  bliss, Down to  such  a  world  as  this!

Teach, O  teach  us,  holy  Child, By Thy  face  so  meek  and  mild. Teach us  to  resemble  Thee. In Thy  sweet  humility!

Virgin Mother,  Mary  blest, By the  joys  that  fill  thy  breast Pray for  us  that  we  may  prove Worthy of  the  Saviour's  love.