...one of our most beloved Christmas carols, "O Little Town of Bethlehem": O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars so by. O / Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting light; The hopes and fears of all the years...

...arm wounds. The singing came from a small choir of soldiers who stood at the end of the long room. The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight. Snow filtered in through the cracks in the walls and the openings of the windows. The singers then...

...Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace O Little Town of Bethlehem O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight....

...in Bethlehem where we belong! O Little Town of Bethlehem, verses i and 2 O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie; above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight....

...STUDIES OF FAMILIAR HYMNS O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM THE TEXT OF THE HYMN O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by: Yet in they dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee...

...Bethlehem." Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King! § » I .. O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by. . • v ^^•^^B_H^VggM| f'FI ' ^-.-- ••.. rr Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting light;...

...through the trees. It was more enthusiastic than on key as the children sang, "O little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie. Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by . . . " "Now, who would bring kids to the forest to practice a Christmas carol?" asked Thom beneath...

...there is also the idea in play that Paul and his converts are living in the eschatological age when "the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight," to borrow a lyric from a Christmas carol. Paul believes he and his charges are living in the age of...

...heart fill with love for him. She returned her attention to the choir, as they softly sang, ". . . the hopes and fears of all the years ... are met in thee tonight . . ." drawing out the last note. Bridget said a silent prayer for the three of them, a family at last,...

...generations of American Protestants the birth of one baby, the holy Child: O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light; The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight....