O Little Town of Bethlehem
Child narrator one – Samuel Bedford
O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
are met in thee tonight.
Mary and Joseph
How silently how silently
The wondrous Gift is giv’n
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heav’n
No ear may hear His coming,
But in this world of sin
Where meek souls will receive Him still,
The dear Christ enters in.
Child narrator two – open
O holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us we pray.
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us
Our Lord Emmanuel
