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Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 214 hymnals Tune Sources: French carol melody Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33355 43323 53213 Used With Text: Angels We Have Heard on High

Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 235 hymnals Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis deo Lyrics: 1 Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains, and the mountains in reply echo back their joyous strains. Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo. gloria in excelsis Deo. 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? Say what may the tidings be, which inspire your heav'nly song? (Refrain) 3 Come to Bethlehem and see him whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. (Refrain) Scripture: Luke 2:13-15 Used With Tune: GLORIA Text Sources: Traditional French carol

Angels from the realms of glory

Author: James Montgomery Appears in 762 hymnals Used With Tune: GLORIA (IRIS)

Praise Be Unto Our God

Author: Susan H. Peterson Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: God chose us to be in Christ Refrain First Line: Praise be unto our God, Father of our Lord Lyrics: 1 God chose us to be in Christ, Long before He formed the earth, To be holy in His sight And adopted through new birth. Refrain: Praise be unto our God, Father of our Lord And our Savior Jesus Christ! He has blessed us fully. Praise be unto our God, Father of our Lord And our Savior Jesus Christ! Every spiritual blessing, ours! 2 He has freely giv’n us grace, Lavished on us in His Son. Full redemption through Christ’s blood; Sin’s forgiveness has been won. [Refrain] 3 He’s made known His mystery, Which in time will be fulfilled. Christ will be the head of all, Heav’n and earth, as God has willed. [Refrain] 4 We’re predestined by God’s plan, That we might His glory praise. When the Gospel we believed, We were marked as His always. [Refrain] 5 We now have the Spirit’s seal, Guaranteeing what’s to come; Till our bodies are redeemed, Praise to God and to the Son! [Refrain] Used With Tune: GLORIA

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Angels We Have Heard on High (Les anges dans nos campagnes_

Author: James Chadwick Hymnal: Voices United #38 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain First Line: Les anges dans nos campagnes (Angels we have heard on high) Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Lyrics: 1 Les anges dans nos campagnes ont entonné l'hymne des cieux; et l'écho de nos montagnes redit ce chant mélodieux. [Refrain:] Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! 2 Bergers, pour qui cette fête? Quel est l'objet de tous ces chants? Quel vainqueur, quelle conquête mérite ces cris triomphants? [Refrain] 3 Ils annoncent la naissance du libérateur d'Israël, et pleins de reconnaissance chantent en ce jour solennel. [Refrain] 1 Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o'er the plains, and the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains. [Refrain:] Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song? [Refrain] 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] 4 See him in a manger laid, whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Adoration and Praise; Angels; Biblical Characters Joseph; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Biblical Characters Shepherds; Biblical Places Bethlehem; Christian Year Christmas; Glory; God Glory; Humility; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Responses Antiphonal; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas Eve Year B; Christmas Day 1 Year C Languages: English; French Tune Title: GLORIA

Les anges dans nos campagnes (Angels We Have Heard On High)

Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #82 (2013) Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Lyrics: 1 Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o’er the plains and the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains. Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song? [Refrain] 3 Come to Bethlehem and see him whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] French: 1 Les anges dans nos campagnes, ont entonné l'hymne des cieux, et l'écho de nos montagnes, redit ce chant mélodieux. Refrain: Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! 2 Bergers, pour qui cette fête? Quel est l'objet de tous ces chants? Quel vainqueur, quelle conquête mérite ces cris triomphants? [Refrain] 3 Cherchons tous l'heureux village que l'a vu naître sous ses toits; offronslui le tendre hommage et de nos coeurs et de nos voix! [Refrain] Topics: Church Year Christmas; Jesus Christ Savior Scripture: Luke 2:8-15 Languages: English; French Tune Title: GLORIA

Angels we have heard on high

Hymnal: The Book of Praise #147 (1997) First Line: Angels we have heard on high (Les anges dans nos campgnes) Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Lyrics: 1 Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains, and the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains. Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo, gloria in excelsis Deo. 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song? [Refrain] 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee, Christ, the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] 4 See him in a manger laid, whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain] --- FRENCH - 1 Les anges dans nos campagnes ont entonné l'hymne des cieux; et l'écho de nos montagnes redit ce chant mélodieux. Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 2 Bergers, pour qui cette fête? quel est l'objet de tous ces chants? quel vainqueur, quelle conquête mérite ces cris triomphants? [Refrain] 3 Ils annoncent la naissance du libérateur d'Israël, et pleins de reconnaissance chantent en ce jour solennel: [Refrain] Topics: Church Year Christmas; Languages other than English French Scripture: Luke 2:8-20 Languages: English; French Tune Title: IRIS (GLORIA)

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Henri F. Hemy

1818 - 1888 Person Name: H. F. Hemy Translator of "Angels We Have Heard on High" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship Henri F. Hemy, born in the United Kingdom. Hemy spent time at sea as a young man, emigrating to Australia in 1850 with his family. Unable to make a decent living in Melbourne, he returned to Newcastle England. He was organist at St. Andrews Roman Catholic Church in Newcastle, later teaching professor of music at Tynemouth and at St. Cuthbert's College in Durham. He was pianist to Lord Ravensworth, Music Director of Ushaw College, and his orchestra played at fashionable venues in the region. He sang baritone as well. He composed waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and galops. 3 music works: Easy Hymn Tunes for Catholic Schools; Royal Modern Tutor for Pianoforte; Crown of Jesus. He was active in local politics and published a manifesto in the daily newspaper. He lost a ward election. He also painted artwork. He set most of Longfellow's works to music. John Perry

Earl Marlatt

1892 - 1976 Person Name: Earl Marlatt, 1892 - Alterer of "Gloria in excelsis Deo" in Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America Marlatt, Earl Bowman. (Columbus, Indiana, May 24, 1892--June 13, 1976, Winchester, Ind.). One of twin boys, he was born into the family of a Methodist Episcopal minister at Columbus, Ind. Graduating from DePauw University, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1912, he continued his studies at Harvard and Boston Universities, Oxford, England, and the University of Berlin. Upon returning to America he spent one year in newspaper work at Kenosha, Wisconsin, and then joined the United States Army, serving as a second lieutenant of field artillery in World War I. He joined the staff at Boston University as Associate Professor of Philosophy in 1923, becoming Professor two years later, was Professor of Literature, Boston University School of Theology, and Dean, 1938-1945. In 1946 he became Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Member of many learned societies, a poet of distinction, he won the Golden Flower at the May Day Poetry Tournament in Boston, 1925, and has been President of both the Boston Browning Society and the Boston Authors' Club. A writer of prose as well as verse he has contributed widely to American journals. Marlatt was closely associated with and was literary advisor to H. Augustine Smith who compiled a series of hymnals during the 1920s, most of which were for young people. He was associate editor of The American Student Hymnal, 1928, one of the Smith books, and for many years a member of the Executive Committee of the Hymn Society. Sources: Who's Who in America; handbooks of various hymnals; personal acquaintance and correspondence. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

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