Oh Holy Night Music: Adolphe-Charles Adam

SATB Vocal Score Text: Placide Clappeau

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Translation: John S. Dwight

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Arrangement: Sally DeFord

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1. (Tenor/Bass): Oh ho - ly night, the stars are bright - ly shin - ing, It is the night of the
2 (Solo): Led by the light of faith se - rene - ly beam - ing, With glow ing hearts by His

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dear Sav - ior's birth, (Soprano/Alto) Long lay the world in sin and er - ror
cra - dle we stand. (Solo contd.) So led by light of a star sweet - ly

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(optional notes for verse 2)

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pin - ing, 'til He ap - peared and the soul felt it's worth. (Choir unison) A thrill of
gleam - ing, There came the wise men from Or - i - ent land, (Solo contd.) The King of

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hope the wea - ry world re - joic - es, For yon - der breaks a new and glo - rious morn,
kings lay thus in low - ly man - ger, In all our tri - als born to be our friend,

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(SATB) Fall on your knees, - Oh hear the an - gel voic - es, Oh

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He knows our need, To our weak - ness is no stran - ger, Be -

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night di - vine, Oh night when Christ is Oh

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hold your King, Be - fore Him low - ly bend, Be -

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night di - vine, Oh night, oh night di - vine.

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hold, your King, Be - fore Him low - ly bend.

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Choir and Congregation:

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Tru - ly He taught us to love one a - no - ther, His law is love and His gos - pel is peace.

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Chains shall He break for the slave is our bro - ther and in His name all op - pres - sion shall

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cease, Sweet hymns of joy in grate - ful chor - us raise we, Let all with - in us praise His ho - ly

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name, Christ is the Lord, Oh praise His name for - ev -

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ver, His pow'r and glo - ry ev - er more pro - claim,

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His pow'r and glo - ry ev - er more pro - claim!

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Oh Holy Night (Voice parts-SATB/Congregation)-2