O Holy Night

O holy night, the stars are brightly shining It is the night of our dear Savior's birth Long lay the world in sin and error pining Where words have seared and the soul felt no worth Stabbed in the back and left alone to tumble The heart—it breaks; the weary bodies mourn Fall on your knees O hear the angels' voices O night divine O night when Hope was born O night divine, O night O night divine Truly He taught us to love one another His law is love, and His gospel is peace Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother And love betrayed shall forgiveness receive Sweet hymns of pain offered ever to Thee This truth remains, forever all the same Christ is the Lord So ever, ever praise we His grace and mercy Ever more proclaim O night divine