The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10080

10080. Glory In The Highest!

1 Glory in the highest! Hark, what angels sing:
Was there e’er such music borne on rising wing?
See, the gates of Heaven on their portals rise,
And the song that charms us comes from paradise.

2 Glory in the highest! Christ our Lord is born;
Hail His glorious advent on this happy morn;
Ages long have waited ’mid their brooding ills;
Now the herald-voices wake the silent hills.

3 Herdsmen in their watching lift their eyes amazed;
Sages from the sunland st the starlight gazed;
And they bear their treasures, gold for diadem,
Meet to crown the monarch born at Bethlehem.

4 Glory in the highest! with the sages bring
What is best and fairest for an offering;
Lay before the manger where the Infant lies,
All your heart’s devotion, love’s best sacrifice.

Text Information

• First Line: Glory in the highest! Hark, what angels sing
• Title: Glory In The Highest!
• Translator: John Brownlie
• Meter: 11.11 D
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of the Early Church by John Brownlie (London: Morgan & Scott, 1913
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ZOVKO
• Composer: James Cutler Dunn Parker, 1828-1916
• Meter: 11.11 D
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain