Christmas Hymn

Sung to the tune Paedia, by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
Adapted from the Danish carol Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord, Are We
by Hans Adolf Brorson

Your creatures, all, dear Lord, are we,
And come your manger bed to see:
So kneeling in this humble stall
Let love be given to one and all.

Our humble songs this night we raise,
Our hearts in joyous wonder praise
The One Creator of our earth
Now come to us in Jesus' birth.

The wren, the jay, the hawk in flight
All join their songs in true delight
With angels brighter than the sun
Proclaiming peace to everyone.

And so the squirrel, the fox, the deer
Shall one day live without a fear
And all creation, made anew,
Shall live with glory shining through.

All praise now Bethlehem’s holy One,
God with us here, bright shining Sun,
The Light that brings us hope again,
Our highest joy, God’s great Amen.