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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Stanzas 1,2, trans. John Mason Neale, 1851, 1853
Stanza 3, trans. Henry Sloane Coffin, 1916
Arr. for The Hymnal Noted, 1854

O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel
that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice!  Rejoice!  Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice!  Rejoice!  Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, Desire of nations, bind all peoples in one heart and mind;
Bid envy, strife and discord cease, fill the whole world with heaven's peace.
Rejoice!  Rejoice!  Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!