1 Dark is all the world below him; can the angels' news be true? God is with us: we can know him, found this night so small, so new. 2 Why the sky so dark above him? Must he die, to make us free? God is for us: we can love him who is nailed upon the tree. 3 How can rebel earth deserve him? He has made our hearts his own; God is in us: we can serve him by his Spirit's fire alone. 4 All the world is lost without him; come to Christ Emmanuel! God has spoken: do not doubt him; hear, believe, and sing Noel!