Go Ad-Free
If you regularly use Hymnary.org, you might benefit from eliminating ads. Consider buying a subscription.
388 | Christ in Song#390 | 391 |
Text: | That Song of Old |
Author: | E. H. Sears |
Tune: | CAROL |
Composer: | R. S. Willis |
1 It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold;
"Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From heav'n's all-gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.
2 Still thro' the open skies they come,
With peaceful wing unfurled;
And still their heav'nly music floats
O'er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hov'ring wing,
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
3 But with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love-song which they bring;
O cease, ye mortals, cease your strife,
And hear the angels sing!
Text Information | |
---|---|
First Line: | It came upon the midnight clear |
Title: | That Song of Old |
Author: | E. H. Sears |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1908 |
Topic: | Special Occasions: Christmas |
Tune Information | |
---|---|
Name: | CAROL |
Composer: | R. S. Willis |
Meter: | C. M. D. |
Key: | B♭ Major |