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CHRISTMAS

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ST. VENANTIUS (L. M.)

(Modern Tune)

In moderate time 𝅘𝅥 = 144.

Rouen Church Melody.

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3 For this how wondrously he wrought!
A maiden, in her lowly place,
Became in ways beyond all thought,
The chosen vesseL of his grace.

4 She bowed her to the Angel’s word
Declaring what the Father willed,
And suddenly the promised Lord
That pure and hallowed temple filled.

5 He shrank not from the oxen’s stall,
He lay within the manger-bed,
And he, whose bounty feedeth all.
At Mary's breast himself was fed.

6 And while the Angels in the sky
Sang praise above the silent field,
To shepherds poor the Lord most high,
The one great Shepherd, was revealed.

7. All glory for this blessèd morn
To God the Father ever be;
All praise to thee, O Virgin-born,
All praise, O Holy Ghost, to thee. Amen.

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