{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec42.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec42.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec42.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nCanon for Christmas Day\nby S. Cosmas\n\u03bf\u1f31 \u03c0\u03b1\u1fd6\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f50\u03c3\u03b5\u03b2\u03b5\u03af\u1fb3.\nThe Holy Children boldly stand\n Against the tyrant's fierce command:\n The kindled furnace they defy,\u2014\n No doom can shake their constancy\n They in the midmost flame confess\u2019d,\n \"God of our Fathers! Thou art bless\u2019d!\"\nThe Shepherds keep their flocks by night;\n The Heav\u2019n glows out with wondrous light;\n The glory of the Lord is there,\n The Angel-bands their King declare:\n The watchers of the night confess\u2019d,\n \"God of our Fathers! Thou art bless\u2019d!\"\nThe Angel ceas\u2019d; and suddenly\n Seraphic legions fill\u2019d the sky:\n \"Glory to God,\" they cry again:\n \"Peace upon earth, good will to men:\n \"Christ comes! \"\u2014And they that heard confess\u2019d,\n \"God of our fathers! Thou art bless\u2019d!\"\nWhat said the Shepherds?\u2014\"Let us turn\n This new-born miracle to learn.\"\n To Bethlehem\u2019s gate their footsteps drew:\n The Mother with the Child they view:\n They knelt and worshipp\u2019d, and confess\u2019d,\n \"God of our Fathers! Thou art bless\u2019d!\"","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: S. Cosmas: Canon For Christmas Day, Ode VII.","type":"page"}