2025-12-25 Year A, Nativity of the Lord - Proper I

SUGGESTED LECTIONARY HYMNS

First Line	Writer(s)	Scripture Refs	Meter	Verses
All praise to Thee Eternal Lord Clothed in a garb	Martin Luther Unknown tr/ad Unknown	Is 9:2	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the	Charles Wesley George Whitefield Martin Madan others	Is 7:14; Is 9:6-7; Mal 4:2; Mal 4:2; Lk 2:13-14; Jn 3:3; Jn 3:5; Gal 4:4; Phil 2:7-8	7 7 7 7 D and refrain	5
It is a thing most wonderful Almost too	William Walsham How	Is 9:6; Is 9:6; Is 53:3; 1 Ti 1:15	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
Let all the earth their voices raise To sing the	Isaac Watts	Ps 96	8 8 8 8 8 8	5
My soul shouts glory to the Son of God	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby	Ps 96:8; Mt 25:31	10 8 10 8 and refrain	4
O little town of Bethlehem How still we	Phillips Brooks	Mic 5:2; Mt 2:1-2; Lk 2:4	8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6	6
O sing a new song to the Lord Sing all	1912 The Psalter	Ps 96	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
O worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness	John Samuel Bewley Monsell	1 Ch 16:29; Ps 29:2; Ps 96:9; Ho 6:6; Rm 12:1; 1 Pe 2:5; 1 Pe 5:7	12 10 12 10	5
Of Him Who did salvation bring I could forever	Bernard of Clairvaux Anthony (Anton) Wilhelm Boehm (Bohme) tr/ad Anthony (Anton) Wilhelm Boehm (Bohme)	Tit 2:11	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly	Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander	Lk 2:4; Lk 2:7; Lk 2:11; Lk 2:51; Heb 4:15	8 7 8 7 7 7	7
The first Noel the angel did say Was to certain	Traditional English Carol	Mt 2:1; Mt 2:10-11; Lk 2:1-10; Lk 2:4; Lk 2:8; Lk 2:10	.	9
The people that in darkness walked	Grant Colfax Tullar	Is 9:2	.	3
To shepherds as they watched by night Appeared a	Martin Luther Richard Massie tr/ad Richard Massie	Is 9:2	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
To us a Child of hope is born To us a Son is	Michael Bruce John Morrison	Is 9:6	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4
Unto us a Child is born Christians hear the story	German John Fulton tr/ad John Fulton	Is 9:6	7 6 7 7	5
What Child is this who laid to rest	William Chatterton Dix	Lk 2:7	.	3
What is our calling's glorious hope But	Charles Wesley	Tit 2:13-14	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
Worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness	John Samuel Bewley Monsell	1 Ch 16:29; Ps 29:2; Ps 96:9; Ho 6:6; Rm 12:1; 1 Pe 2:5; 1 Pe 5:7	12 10 12 10	5

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2025-12-25 Year A, Nativity of the Lord - Proper I