The Cyber Hymnal 12872. ’Tis Christmas eve! The setting sun

The Cyber Hymnal‎#12872

1 ’Tis Christmas eve! The setting sun
Makes shadows lengthen on the plain;
The stars come twinkling one by one,
And bring the joyous night again.

2 Unlike Judea’s silent plains
When wearied nature calmly slept,
While shepherds on the hills and glens
Their long and solemn vigils kept.

3 And where along the deep blue arch
A glory shone, and then a throng,
From where the sparkling planets march
Came flying down with joyous song.

4 Unlike the time the wicked king
Sought where the infant Savior lay,
When God forbade his base design,
And bore the precious child away.

5 We joy to know that time is past,
The blessèd Savior’s natal day,
That He’s ascended to His home,
And for His saints prepared the way.

6 Where angels tune their harps of gold
And saints a loftier song shall raise,
While waiting myriads join the strain
In an eternal song of praise.

Text Information
First Line:	’Tis Christmas eve! The setting sun
Title:	'Tis Christmas Eve
Author:	Mary P. Beegle
Meter:	LM
Language:	English
Source:	Ocean Spray (Ocean Grove, NJ, 1876)
Copyright:	Public Domain
Notes:	Alternate tune: MARYTON by H. Percy Smith