English Folk-Carols/The Sinner's Redemption

by Anonymous

VIII.THE SINNERS' REDEMPTION.

THE SINNERS' REDEMPTION.

1All you that are unto mirth inclined,
Consider well and do bear in mind
What our great God for us hath done
In sending His beloved Son.

2Let all your songs and your praises be
Unto His heavenly Majesty;
And evermore, amongst your mirth.
Remember Christ our Saviour's birth.

3The five-and-twentieth of December
Great cause we have to remember;
In Bethlehem, upon that morn,
There was our bless'd Messiah born.

4Near Bethlehem shepherds they did keep
Their herds and flocks, a-feeding sheep,
To whom God's Angel did soon appear.
Which put the shepherds in great fear.

5Prepare and go, the Angel said,
To Bethlehem, be ye not afraid;
There shall ye see, this blessed morn,
The heavenly Babe, sweet Jesus, born.

6With thankful heart and with joyful mind
The shepherds went for this Babe to find;
And, as the heavenly Angel told.
They did our Saviour Christ behold.

7Within a manger the Babe was laid;
The Virgin Mary beside Him stayed.
Attending on the Lord of Life,
Being both Mother, Maid and Wife.

8If choirs of angels they did rejoice,
Well may mankind, both with heart and voice,
Sing praises to the God of heaven,
Who unto us His Son hath given.