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The story of Christmas
Out of darkness, out of night
shines Christ’s everlasting light,
bringing to every man and nation
hope for all, a full salvation.
Let us magnify the story,
radiant in blazoned glory,
of that hallowed Christmas morn
when a baby boy was born.
Earthly minded views are riven,
for God’s Son to us is given.
A prophet of old this foretold:
A Savior would come to earth,
virgin mother giving him birth;
“God with us” he would be styled—
Emmanuel, God’s perfect child.
As the prophet had forecast
so the event came to pass.
To Mary, a maid of Galilee,
came God’s Word, “the Lord is with thee . . .
thou shalt conceive . . . bring forth a son,” Luke 1:28, 31
the Father’s sole begotten one.
God sent His angel this to tell,
the angel that was Gabriel.
By night an angel came to say
a Savior had been born that day.
To shepherds out in the field,
these good tidings were revealed;
to Bethlehem they made their way
where the babe in a manger lay.
They then made known by joy-filled word
the saying about him they had heard.
For mankind this heralds the dawn,
“For unto us a child is born.” Isaiah 9:6
The eastern wise men saw a star—
a new one—shining from afar.
Lo, the star went on before them,
rested then o’er Bethlehem.
Hied they to the stable lowly,
knelt before this child most holy,
presented gifts costly, rare:
gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Warned by God of Herod’s venom,
another way went they home.
Joseph took Mary and their son
to Egypt, to save the precious one.
When Herod was no longer there,
to Nazareth they did repair.
This child, in meekness and in might,
came to show the power of right,
to prove that suffering shall cease;
he is the promised Prince of Peace.
Goodness through the wide world rings,
for Jesus Christ is King of kings.
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Christ is “the bright and morning star.” Revelation 22:16
This infant was to grow, to express
the highest form of godliness.
So let us hail Christ Jesus’ birth,
which brought us grace and truth on earth—
the Messiah prophesied,
whom we hallow at Christmastide.