Sunday, December 12, 2021

Angels From The Realms Of Glory

 


"She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus,
the Greek form of the Hebrew Yeshua, which means Savior,
for He will save His people from their sins."
(Matthew 1:21)


Angels Appearing Before The Shepherds
(1910)
Henry Ossawa Tanner
(1859-1937)
American artist



Angels from the realms of glory,

Wing your flight o'er all the earth;

Ye who sang creation's glory

Now proclaim Messiah's birth.

Come and worship, come and worship,

Worship Christ, the newborn king.

Shepherds in the field abiding

Watching o'er your flocks by night,

God with us now residing;

Yonder shines the infant light:

Come and worship, come and worship,

Worship Christ, the newborn king.

Sages, leave your contemplations,

Brighter visions beam afar;

Seek the great Desire of nations;

Ye have seen His natal star.

Come and worship, come and worship,

Worship Christ, the newborn king.

Saints, before the altar bending,

Watching long in hope and fear;

Suddenly the Lord, descending,

In His temple shall appear.

Come and worship, come and worship,

Worship Christ, the newborn king.

Sinners, wrung with true repentance,

Doomed for guilt to endless pains,

Justice now revokes the sentence,

Mercy calls you, break your chains.

Come and worship, come and worship,

Worship Christ, the newborn king.


Though an Infant now we view Him,

He shall fill His Father's throne,

Gather all the nations to Him;

Every knee shall then bow down;

Come and worship, come and worship,

Worship Christ, the newborn king.

All creation, join in praising

God, the Father, Spirit, Son,

Evermore your voices raising

To th'eternal Three In One.

Come and worship, come and worship,

Worship Christ, the newborn king.

Lord of Heaven, we adore Thee,

God the Father, God the Son,

God the Spirit, One in glory

On the same eternal throne.

Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!

Lord of Heaven, Three in One.



"Angels From The Realm Of Glory"
(1816)
James Montgomery
(1771-1854)
Scottish-born English poet,
newspaper editor and hymn writer.
Mr. Montgomery wrote this carol,
for his newspaper, The Iris, 
in Sheffield, England on
 Christmas Eve 1816



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