The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1680

1680. Gabriel's Message

1. Gabriel’s message does away
Satan’s curse and Satan’s sway;
This was wrought by Christmas day:
Therefore sing—Glory to the infant King!

2. He that comes despised shall reign;
He that cannot die, be slain;
Death by death its death shall gain:
Therefore sing—Glory to the infant King!

3. Like its like shall overthrow:
By a tree prevailed the foe;
From a Tree shall healing grow:
Therefore sing—Glory to the infant King!

4. Man was lost a garden in;
In a garden man shall win;
Woman’s faith end woman’s sin:
Therefore sing—Glory to the infant King!

5. Weakness shall the strong confound;
By the hands, in babe-clothes wound,
Adam’s sin shall be unbound;
Therefore sing—Glory to the infant King!

6. By the sword that was his own
By that sword, and that alone;
Shall Goliath be o’erthrown;
Therefore sing—Glory to the infant King!

7. Art by art shall be assailed;
To the cross shall Life be nailed;
From the grave shall hope be hailed;
Therefore sing—Glory to the infant King!

Text Information

• First Line: Gabriel's message does away
• Title: Gabriel's Message
• Latin Title: Angelus emittur
• Author: Anonymous
• Translator (from Latin): John M. Neale
• Language: English
• Source: From the Swedish Piae Cantiones, 1582; The original source may have been 13th Century or earlier; Carols for Christmas-Tide, 1853
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Gabriel's message does away]
• Harmonizer: Thomas Helmore (1853)
• Key: d minor or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain