Hymn 103 GWA O little town of Bethlehem

Our Organist, Stephen Calder is recording the hymns from the new hymnary "God Welcomes All" to help us familiarise our congregation with the hymns to enable singing them together during worship.
Hymn 103 (GWA) O little town of Bethlehem (2013)
Words v.1 Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), vv. 2-4 Wendy Ross-Barker (b.1937) 2013, Music - Tune 'Forest Green' English traditional melody harmonised by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958).
O little town of Bethlehem
how still we see you lie!
Above your deep and dreamless sleep
the silent stars go by
yet in your streets is shining
the everlasting light
the hopes and fears of all the years
are met in you tonight
O sad and troubled Bethlehem
we hear your longing cry
for peace and justice to be born
and cruel oppression die.
How deep your need for that
great gift of love in human form
Let Christ in you be seen again
and hearts by hope made warm
While morning stars and evening stars
shine out in your dark sky
Despair now stalks your troubled streets
where innocents still die
and Jesus child of Mary
whose love will never cease
feels even now your pain and fear
longs with you for your peace
Amazingly and lovingly
Jesus the child has come
and brought to birth through human pain
makes broken hearts his home.
He comes to comfort all who weep
to challenge every wrong
and living with the weak and poor
becomes their hope, their song.