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142 | Glory to God#143 | 144 |
Text: | Angels, from the Realms of Glory |
Author (stanzas 1-3): | James Montgomery |
Tune: | REGENT SQUARE |
Composer: | Henry Thomas Smart |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Angels, from the realms of glory,
wing your flight o’er all the earth;
you, who sang creation’s story,
now proclaim Messiah’s birth:
come and worship, come and worship,
worship Christ, the newborn king!
2 Shepherds, in the fields abiding,
watching o’er your flocks by night,
God with us is now residing;
yonder shines the infant light:
come and worship, come and worship,
worship Christ, the newborn king!
3 Sages, leave your contemplations;
brighter visions beam afar;
seek the great desire of nations;
you have seen his natal star:
come and worship, come and worship,
worship Christ, the newborn king!
4 All creation, join in praising
God the Father, Spirit, Son,
evermore your voices raising
to the eternal Three in One:
come and worship, come and worship,
worship Christ, the newborn king!
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First Line: | Angels, from the realms of glory |
Title: | Angels, from the Realms of Glory |
Author (stanzas 1-3): | James Montgomery (1816, 1825) |
Refrain First Line: | come and worship, come and worship |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth |
Source: | Stanza 4, Salisbury Hymn Book, 1857 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REGENT SQUARE |
Composer: | Henry Thomas Smart (1867) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.7 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
This familiar carol was first published as a poem in the Christmas Eve 1816 issue of a newspaper the author edited in Sheffield, England. The tune name celebrates the location of a prominent Presbyterian Church in London, sometimes called the “Presbyterian cathedral.”
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