Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Favor and peace on earth, and praise in Heav'n Lyrics: 1. Favor and peace on earth, and praise in Heav’n!
To us a Son is born, a Child is giv’n!
Today Jehovah lays aside His crown,
Today the Savior of the world comes down,
God over all supreme, who all things made,
Clothed with our flesh and in a manger laid,
Is on this happy morn to mortals giv’n:
Favor and peace on earth, and praise in Heav’n! Used With Tune: BERMUDA Text Sources: The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, by S. T. Kimbrough, Jr., & Oliver A. Beckerlegge (Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1992), page 106
Favor and Peace on Earth