9558 | The Cyber Hymnal#9559 | 9560 |
Text: | As The World Around Was Sleeping |
Author (attributed to): | Horace L. Hastings |
Tune: | ANGEL'S SONG |
Composer (attributed to): | Horace Lorenzo Hastings |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 As the world around was sleeping,
In the calm and silent night;
While the shepherds watch were keeping
Came an angel robed in light.
2 Gazing on his matchless splendor,
They were troubled and dismayed;
But in accents kind and tender,
Soon He said, Be not afraid.
3 Lo! to you I bring good tidings,
Words of peace to all your race;
For in Bethlehem abiding
Now is born the Prince of Grace.
4 Would you know the royal Stranger?
By this sign you may be sure:
Ye shall find Him in a manger,
Wrapped in swaddling garments poor.
5 Hark! Heaven’s hosts take up the story,
Praising God o’er Bethlehem’s plain;
Glory in the highest, glory;
Peace on earth, good will to men.
6 We would join the rapturous story,
Swell the angels’ lofty strain,
Glory in the highest, glory;
Worthy is the Lamb once slain.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | As the world around was sleeping |
Title: | As The World Around Was Sleeping |
Author (attributed to): | Horace L. Hastings |
Meter: | 87.87 |
Language: | English |
Source: | Songs of Pilgrimage (Boston: Scriptural Tract Repository, 1888) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: EVENING PRAYER by George C. Stebbins |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ANGEL'S SONG |
Composer (attributed to): | Horace Lorenzo Hastings |
Meter: | 87.87 |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Songs of Pilgrimage (Boston: Scriptural Tract Repository, 1888) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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