The New English Hymnal ‎#4a

4a. Gabriel's message does away

1 Gabriel's message does away
Satan’s curse and Satan’s sway,
Out of darkness brings our Day:

Refrain:
So, behold,
All the gates of heaven unfold.

2 He that comes despised shall reign;
He that cannot die, be slain;
Death by death its death shall gain: [Refrain]

3 Weakness shall the strong confound;
By the hands, in grave-clothes wound,
Adam’s chains shall be unbound: [Refrain]

4 By the sword that was his own,
By that sword, and that alone,
Shall Goliath be o'erthrown: [Refrain]

5 Art by art shall be assailed;
To the cross shall Life be nailed:
From the grave shall hope be hailed: [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Gabriel's message does away
• Translator: J. M. Neale, 1818-66
• Refrain First Line: So, behold
• Meter: 777 and refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: The Christian Year: Advent
• Source: Piae Cantiones, 1582

Tune Information

• Name: GABRIEL'S MESSAGE
• Harmonizer: Charles Wood, 1806-1926
• Meter: 777 and refrain
• Key: d minor
• Source: Piae Cantiones, 1582