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Text:Christ the Savior Born
Author:Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby
Tune:[Strike your harps, ye saints in glory]
Composer:Hubert Platt Main
Media:MIDI file

9104. Christ the Savior Born

1 Strike your harps, ye saints in glory,
Shout aloud the wondrous story,
Christ the Savior born;
Born, His people to deliver,
Born, to reign our king forever;
Tell it by the crystal river,
Christ the Savior born;
Tell it by the crystal river,
Christ the Savior born.

2 Clasp your hands, ye floods of ocean,
Sing, ye hills, with pure devotion,
Christ the Savior born;
Wake, O earth! the song repeating,
Wake! thy own Messiah greeting;
Hearts with holy rapture beating,
Hail a Savior born;
Hearts with holy rapture beating,
Hail a Savior born.

3 Hark! the mighty anthem ringing,
Multitudes of angels singing,
Christ the Savior born;
Opened now the gates of glory,
Man redeemed, O wondrous story!
Glory in the highest, glory!
Christ the Savior born;
Glory in the highest, glory!
Christ the Savior born.

Text Information
First Line: Strike your harps, ye saints in glory
Title: Christ the Savior Born
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1872)
Language: English
Source: Biglow and Main's Christmas Annual No. 3 (New York: Biglow & Main, 1872)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Strike your harps, ye saints in glory]
Composer: Hubert Platt Main
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: MIDI
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