The Cyber Hymnal ‎#14137

14137. The Angel's Message

1 Good news, this happy morn,
Glad tidings come from Heav’n!
To us a Child is born,
To us a Son is giv’n.

2 What prince of high renown
Doth Zion’s praise employ?
Who brings the angels down
To sing their song of joy?

3 The Humble and the Meek;
Of Him the angels sing;
To Him shall Zion seek,
For He is Zion’s king.

4 He comes, th’incarnate Word;
He comes, the Prince of peace;
The everlasting Lord,
Whose kingdom shall increase.

He quits His throne above,
Upon this earth to dwell;
Such lowliness and love
No human tongue can tell.

5 What prophets had foretold
And kings desired to see,
We with our eyes behold—
The Lord’s nativity.

6 In Bethl’hem’s mean abode
His sufferings began,
When Christ, the Son of God,
Became the Son of Man.

7 O Lord, Thine arm reveal,
That ere our course is run,
We all may know and feel
What Thou for man hast done.

Text Information

• First Line: Good news, this happy morn
• Title: The Angel's Message
• Author: Thomas B. Murray
• Meter: 66.66
• Language: English
• Source: Lays of Christmas (London: Francis & John Rivington, 1847)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: ARRAN by Samuel S. Wesley, IBSTONE by Maria Tiddeman, ST. CECILIA by Leighton G. Hayne

Tune Information

• Name: EDEN
• Composer: Oswald Mosley Feilden (1863)
• Meter: 66.66
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain