Christmas Stories - O Little Town of Bethlehem

[table=544,#ffffff][tr][td=1,1,318][table=98%,#b1d1f5][tr][td=1,1,364][font=Arial][size=4][color=#0000a0]O Little Town of Bethlehem[/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][/font][font=Arial][size=3][color=#ff0000][b]by Phillips Brooks
[/b][/color][/size][/font][/td][/tr][tr][td][align=left][font=Arial][size=6][color=#0000a0][b]O[/b][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=6][/size][/font][font=Arial][b][size=2]little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie;
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by.[/size]

[size=2]Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.[/size]

[size=2]For Christ is born of Mary;
And gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.[/size]

[size=2]O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth;
And praises sing to God, the King.
And peace to men on earth.[/size]

[size=2]How silently, how silently
The wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heaven.[/size]

[size=2]No ear may hear His coming,
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him, still, The dear Christ enters in.

[/size][size=2]O holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in,
Be born in us today.
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[size=2]We hear the Christmas angels,
The great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel.[/size]
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[font=Arial][size=3][color=#ff0000][b]Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! [/b][/color][/size][/font]


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