{"id":8728,"date":"2025-12-14T10:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-118-the-first-noel-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:44","slug":"hymn-118-the-first-noel-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-118-the-first-noel-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 118 THE FIRST NOEL Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 118 THE FIRST NOEL Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nThe first noel the angel did say<br \/>\nWas to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay;<br \/>\nIn fields where they lay keeping their sheep,<br \/>\nOn a cold winter&#8217;s night that was so deep.<\/p>\n<p>Refrain<br \/>\nNoel, Noel, Noel, Noel,<br \/>\nBorn is the King of Israel<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nThey looked up and say a star<br \/>\nShining in the east, beyond them far,<br \/>\nAnd to the earth it gave great light,<br \/>\nAnd so it continued both day and night.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nAnd by the light of that same star,<br \/>\nThree wise men came from country far,<br \/>\nAnd to the earth it gave great light,<br \/>\nAnd to follow the star wherever it went.<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\nThis star drew nigh to the northwest,<br \/>\nO&#8217;er Bethlehem it took its rest,<br \/>\nAnd there it did both stop and stay,<br \/>\nRight over the place where Jesus lay.<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\nThen entered in those wise men three,<br \/>\nFull reverently upon the knee,<br \/>\nAnd offered there, in His presence,<br \/>\nTheir gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 118 THE FIRST NOEL Lyrics &nbsp; 1 The first noel the angel did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay; In fields where they lay keeping their sheep, On a cold winter&#8217;s night that was so deep. Refrain Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, Born is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}