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Text:Gabriel's message does away
Translator:J. M. Neale, 1818-66
Tune:GABRIEL'S MESSAGE
Harmonizer:G. R. Woodward, 1848-1934

4b. 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: G. R. Woodward, 1848-1934
Meter: 777 and refrain
Key: d minor
Source: Piae Cantiones, 1582



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