The Worship Initiative
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Intro (4/4)
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Verse 1 (6/8)
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| It | came upon a midnight clear |
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| That | glorious song of | old |
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| From | angels bending near the earth |
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| To | touch their | harps of | gold |
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| Peace | on the earth good | will to men |
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| From | heaven's all gracious | King |
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| The | world in solemn stillness lay |
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| To | hear the | angels sing |
Turn (4/4)
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Verse 2 (6/8)
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| Yet | with the woes of sin and strife |
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| The | world hath suffered | long |
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| Be | neath the angel strain have rolled |
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| Two | thousand | years of | wrong |
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| And | man at war with | man hears not |
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| The | love song which they | bring |
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| O | hush the noise ye men of strife |
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| And | hear the | angels sing |
Turn (4/4)
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Verse 3 (6/8)
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| And | ye beneath life's crushing load |
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| Whose | forms are bending | low |
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| Who | toil along the climbing way |
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| With | painful | steps and | slow |
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| Look | now for glad and | golden hours |
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| Come | swiftly on the | wing |
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| O | rest beside the weary road |
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| And | hear the | angels sing |
Turn (4/4)
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Verse 4 (6/8)
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| For | lo the days are hastening on |
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| By | prophet bards fore | told |
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| When | with the ever-circling years |
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| Shall | come the | Age of | Gold |
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| When | peace shall over | all the earth |
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| Its | ancient splendors | fling |
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| And | all the world give back the song |
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| Which | now the | angels sing |
Turn (4/4)
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Bridge (4/4)
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| Glory to | God | glory in the | highest |
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| Glory to | God | glory in the | high - | est |
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| Glory to | God | glory in the | highest |
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| Glory to | God | glory in the | high - | est |
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| Glory to | God | glory in the | highest |
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| Glory to | God | glory in the | high - | est |
Outro (4/4)
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