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Text:God with Us
Author:Kate Ulmer
Tune:[Softly beaming, brightly gleaming]
Composer:Joseph W. Lerman
Media:MIDI file

2001. God with Us

1. Softly beaming, brightly gleaming,
See yon lovely star;
Glad good news it brings to men,
For in little Bethlehem,
In a manger lies a stranger,
Christ the Lord and King,
Come to earth salvation unto all to bring.

Refrain
Guiding star, O shine upon our path today,
As of old, still lead us with thy beauteous ray;
By thy light reveal to us the King of love,
Till at last we sing His praise above.

2. Angels singing, earthward winging,
From the realms of light;
Hover over Judah’s plain,
Lifting high a joyous strain,
Wondrous story, peace and glory,
Is their matchless theme,
For the wondrous Infant shall from sin redeem. [Refrain]

3. Waiting sages, through the ages,
Of His coming told;
God with us—Emmanuel,
Now with sinful man doth dwell;
High and holy, meek and lowly,
God and man is He,
Born today with power divine our souls to free. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Softly beaming, brightly gleaming
Title: God with Us
Author: Kate Ulmer (1903)
Refrain First Line: Guiding star, O shine upon our path today
Language: English
Source: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (New York: Tullar-Meredith Company, 1903), number 255
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Softly beaming, brightly gleaming]
Composer: Joseph W. Lerman
Incipit: 51765 17665 12333
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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