1 Break forth, O beauteous heav’n-ly light,
And usher in the morning;
O, shepherds, shrink not with affright,
But hear the angel’s warning.
This Child, now weak in infancy,
Our confidence and joy shall be;
The pow’r of Satan breaking,
Our peace eternal making.
2 Break forth, O beauteous heav’n-ly light,
To herald our salvation;
He stoops to earth, the God of might,
Our hope and expectation.
He comes in human flesh to dwell,
Our God with us, Immanuel;
The night of darkness ending,
Our fallen race befriended.
