Christmas
See Amid the Winter's Snow
- Words:
- Edward Caswall, 1851. Music: 'Humility' John Goss, 1870.
- Setting:
- "The Children's Hymnal, with Tunes", 1875.
- Metre:
- 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
- 1See amid the winter's snow,Born for us on earth below,See, the gentle Lamb appears,Promised from eternal years.Hail that ever blessèd morn,Hail redemption's happy dawn,Sing through all Jerusalem:Christ is born in Bethlehem.
- 2Lo, within a manger liesHe Who built the starry skies;He Who, thronèd in height sublime,Sits amid the cherubim.Hail that ever blessèd morn,Hail redemption's happy dawn,Sing through all Jerusalem:Christ is born in Bethlehem.
- 3Say, you holy shepherds, say,Tell your joyful news today.Why have you now left your sheepOn the lonely mountain steep?Hail that ever blessèd morn,Hail redemption's happy dawn,Sing through all Jerusalem:Christ is born in Bethlehem.
- 4"As we watched at dead of night,Lo, we saw a wondrous light;Angels singing 'Peace on earth'Told us of the Savior's birth."Hail that ever blessèd morn,Hail redemption's happy dawn,Sing through all Jerusalem:Christ is born in Bethlehem.
- 5Sacred Infant, all divine,What a tender love was Thine,Thus to come from highest blissDown to such a world as this.Hail that ever blessèd morn,Hail redemption's happy dawn,Sing through all Jerusalem:Christ is born in Bethlehem.
- 6Teach, O teach us, holy Child,By Thy face so meek and mild,Teach us to resemble Thee,In Thy sweet humility.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1858, the words are in 177 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Humility, is in 97 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.