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Peace is Born on Earth

MP3 Recording featuring vocals by Cris Fewox :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download    CD: If I Had Been in Bethlehem
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View/print sheet music:     Very low-voice solo     Low-voice solo     Medium-voice solo     SATB / Flute obbligato     SSA / Flute obbligato

    Since I was a child I have wondered on still, peaceful nights just which of all the stars in the sky was the one that led the wise men to Bethlehem... and how I might know it... and would I have known it then? Of course, it isn't really important, but I still wonder and sometimes on clear nights I look for it.

    I live in a world full of noise. Kids and dogs and telephones... Primary sharing times and cars full of giggling teenaged girls. Amid the noise and bustle of everyday living, a little stargazing can still calm and soothe my soul--if I remember to look for the "bright and morning star" who leads all who will follow him to peace.

    " I Jesus ...am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star." (Revelation 22:16 KJV)

      Lyrics:
      I see a stable, cold and bare
      A virgin mother, pure and fair
      The light of heaven surrounds her there
      Peace is born on earth

      And in a manger, gently laid
      A baby slumbers in the hay
      A miracle is wrought this day
      Peace is born on earth

      I see the shepherds come in haste
      To look upon their Savior's face
      And wise men seek this holy place
      Where peace is born on earth

      A new star rises in the heavens
      I see the skies with glory riven
      Unto us a Son is given
      Peace is born on earth

      Oh listen to the angel song
      That heralds this eternal dawn
      And through the years the strains prolong
      Peace is born
      Peace is born

      I wonder now if I would know
      Like men of wisdom long ago
      The star that first was set aglow
      When peace was born on earth

      For as I lift my eyes afar
      To seek the Bright and Morning Star
      The light of heaven fills my heart
      And peace is born on earth