To shepherds, as they watched by night,

Appeared a troop of angels bright;

Behold the tender Babe, they said,

In yonder lowly manger laid,

2. At Bethlehem, in David’s town,

As Micah did of old make known;

’Tis Jesus Christ, your Lord and King,

Who doth to all salvation bring.

3. Rejoice ye, then, that through His Son

God is with sinners now at one;

Made like yourselves of flesh and blood,

Your Brother is th’ eternal God.

4. What harm can sin and death, then, do?

The true God now abides with you.

Let hell and Satan rage and chafe,

God is your Brother—ye are safe.

5. Not one He will, nor can, forsake

Who Him his confidence doth make;

E’en if their worst your en’mies try,

Ye may their powerless rage defy.

6. Ye must prevail at last, for ye

Have now become God’s family;

To God forever give ye praise,

Patient and cheerful all your days.