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This is Methinks I see An Heav'nly Host (Shiloh), William Billings.
Performed by St. Mary's choir led by Dn. Gregory Ealy.
This piece is dedicated to Resa Ellison (1978–2010) our beloved choir director who passed away a few years ago.
St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral in Minneapolis.
12/8/2018, An Orthodox Advent Concert.

TEXT:
1. Methinks I see a Heav'nly Host,
Of Angels on the Wing;
Methinks I hear their cheerful Notes,
So merrily they sing:
'Let all your Fears be banish'd hence,
Glad Tidings I proclaim,
For there's a Savior born to Day,
And Jesus is his Name.

2. Lay down your Crooks, and quit your Flocks,
To Bethlehem repair;
And let your wandering Steps be squared
By yonder shining Star.
Seek not in Courts or Palaces,
Nor royal Curtains draw;
But search the Stable, see your God
Extended on the Straw.

3. Then Learn from hence, ye rural Swains,
The Meekness of your God,
Who left the boundless Realms of Joy,
To ransom you with Blood.
The Master of the Inn refused
A more commodious Place;
Ungenerous Soul of savage Mold,
And destitute of Grace.

4. Exult ye Oxen, low for Joy,
Ye Tenants of the Stall,
Pay your Obeisance; on your Knees
Unanimously fall.
The Royal guest you entertain
Is not of common Birth,
But second in the Great I am;
The God of Heav'n and Earth.'

5. Then suddenly a Heav'nly Host
Around the Shepherds throng,
Exulting in the threefold God
And thus address their Song:
'To God the Father, Christ the Son,
And Holy Ghost accord;
The First and Last, the Last and First,
Eternal Praise afford.