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Long years ago over Bethlehem's hills

Author: R. Leigh Appears in 9 hymnals

FESTGESANG

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred George Wathall Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 33234 51531 12443 Used With Text: Long Years Ago o'er Bethlehem's Hills

WEIHNACHT

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Karl P. Harrington Incipit: 33235 52234 34253 Used With Text: Long years ago o'er Bethlehem's hills

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Long Years Ago o'er Bethlehem's Hills

Author: Leigh R. Brewer Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3906 Refrain First Line: Glory to God in the highest Lyrics: 1. Long years ago o’er Bethlehem’s hills Was seen a wondrous thing; As shepherds watched the sleeping flocks They heard the angels sing. The anthem rolled among the clouds When earth was hushed and still; Its notes proclaimed sweet peace on earth, To all mankind good will. Refrain Glory to God in the highest, The angels’ song resounds, Glory to God in the highest! 2. That song is sung by rich and poor, Where’er the Christ is known; ’Tis sung in words, and sung in deeds, Which bind all hearts in one. Angels are still the choristers, But we the shepherds are, To bear the message which they bring, To those both near and far: [Refrain] Tune Title: FESTGESANG

Long years ago o'er Bethlehem's hills

Author: R. Leigh Hymnal: Sing Praise #d9 (1959)

Long years ago o'er Bethlehem's hills

Author: R. Leigh Hymnal: The Chapel Service Book #d86 (1920) Languages: English

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Karl P. Harrington

1861 - 1953 Composer of "WEIHNACHT" in The Methodist Hymnal Born: June 13, 1861, Somersworth, New Hampshire. Died: November 14, 1953, Berkeley, California. Buried: Middletown, Connecticut. Son of Calvin S. and Eliza Chase Harrington, Karl earned his AB degree in 1882, and his AM in 1885, from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He studied at the University of Berlin (1887-89) and Yale University (1890-91). He taught high school in Westfield, Massachusetts (1882-85); Latin at Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts (1885-87); was a Latin tutor at Wesleyan University (1889-91); Latin professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1891-99); University of Maine (1899-1905); and Wesleyan University (1905). While at the University of North Carolina, he directed the Glee Club. His works include: The Roman Elegiac Poets, circa 1914 Richard Alsop, "a Hartford Wit" Walks and Climbs in the White Mountains, 1926 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

C. Whitney Coombs

1859 - 1940 Author of "Long years ago o'er Bethlehem's hills" in The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) Coombs, Charles Whitney, author of "Long years ago, o'er Bethlehem's hills" (Christmas Carol), was born at Bucksport, Me., in 1859. He was organist of the American Church at Dresden, Saxony, for a time, and since 1892 of the Church of the Holy Communion, N.Y. His carol was included in the Methodist Hymnal, 1905. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)