1. Calm on the listening ear of night Come heav’n’s melodious strains,
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver mantled plains.
The answering hills of Palestine
Send back the glad reply;
And greet, from all their holy heights,
The Dayspring from on high.
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Words by Edmund Hamilton Sears / Music by John Bacchus Dykes

2. O’er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm,
Calm On The Listening Ear
O’er the blue depths of Galilee
There comes a holier calm,
And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,
Her silent groves of palm.
”Glory to God!” the sounding skies
Loud with their anthems ring,
“Peace to the earth, goodwill to men,
From heav’n’s eternal King!”
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3. Light on thy hills, Jerusalem! The Savior now is born:
Calm On The Listening Ear
Light on thy hills, Jerusalem!
The Savior now is born:
More bright on Bethlehem’s joyous plains
Breaks the first Christmas morn.
Amen.
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