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Lyrics and Information

How Dark the Night

Words by Chris Anderson
Tune: WIGGINS by Greg Habegger
Key signature: G major (1 sharp)
Time signature: 3/4
Meter: 8.6.8.6.D.
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1. How dark the night in Bethlehem Where trav’lers sought for rest; How crude the cave they sheltered in While sheep and oxen slept. Yet Light burst forth into the world, Dispelling sin and strife. The Child born to a virgin girl Was Christ, the Light of Life.
2. How dark the night o’er pastures bleak Where shepherds kept their watch; How cold the wind which stole their sleep And stung their weary flock. But glory pierced the midnight sky And turned fatigue to fright; “The King is born!” the angel cried To hail the birth of Light.
3. How dark the night of fallen souls, By sin and guilt oppressed; How hopeless our unspoken woe— Of God and good bereft; Till Jesus breaks our moral night And melts the heart of stone; “All praise to God in heaven’s height, And peace to men below.”
4. How dark the night that shrouds the world Where war and anguish reign; How fierce our swords, how sharp our words, How piercing is our pain. O Christ, return like blazing dawn— The Morning Star of Light! The Lord Himself will be our Sun, And day eclipse the night!