XXX. TO BETHLEHEM THAT NIGHT and
WITH STRANGE AND WONDROUS WAYS
Ἐν Βηθλεὲμ συνέδραμον (December 26)
1.To Bethlehem that night,
Taught by an Angel bright.
While men lay fast asleep,
The shepherd party ran
To own Him God and man,
True Shepherd of His sheep.
Babe there they worship Him
That rides the Cherubim:
Where ox and ass be driven,
Incarnate there they find
The Maker of mankind:
To Him be glory given!
Ἐξαίσιον δρόμον (December 25)
2.With strange and wondrous ways
The Magi saw the rays
Of one new-lighted Star.
Star heretofore so sheen
Their eyes had never seen:
It shone from heav'n afar,
And signified the birth
Of Christ a King on earth:
And rightly so they reckon'd;
To save mankind forlorn
This royal Babe was born,
Whose Star to Bethlem beckon'd.
Νεηγενές (December 25)
3.'The new-born Bairn, where may
He be, King Herod, say,
