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The Angel Chorus

Author: J. B. Waterbury Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: On the wintry and lonely hillside Refrain First Line: Glory to God in the highest

[On the wintry and lonely hillside]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jared Bell Waterbury Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 33321 76573 67167 Used With Text: The Angel Chorus

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Author: Jared Bell Waterbury Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #14121 First Line: On the wintry and lonely hillside Refrain First Line: Glory to God in the highest, Lyrics: 1 On the wintry and lonely hillside, All in the dim starlight, Shepherds over the flock were keeping Watch at the dead of night; When swift angels of light came down, And earth with hosannas rang; Harps of gold and cherubic voices Loudly and cheerly sang At Bethlehem: Refrain: Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill to men. 2 Earth was wrapped in a robe of winter: Kindly the new-fall’n snow Drew the veil of a virgin whiteness Pure over guilt and woe. Beasts of prey on the frozen mountain, Flocks on the charmèd plain, Nature all, in entrancèd rapture, Listened to that sweet strain From Bethlehem: [Refrain] 3 Proudly marching along the forum, Priests with a pompous train, Closed the gates of the Roman Janus Under a Cæsar’s reign. Everywhere, and in every nation, War, with its carnage grim, Shouts and groans, and the roar of battle, Ceased for the angel’s hymn At Bethlehem: [Refrain] 4 Lo! each oracle of the heathen Soon disenchanted proves: Through the gloom of the dark Dodona, Dumb are the oaken groves; Dumb the voice of Apollo’s priestess, Delphi is left forlorn; All the realms of the demons tremble, Knowing their Conqu’ror born At Bethlehem: [Refrain] 5 Wide and wider at every Christmas Echoes the joyful sound; From Judea the glad good tidings Now run the wide world round. Sing, then sing, for the listening angels, Bending on eager wing, Join us now in the royal chorus They were the first to sing At Bethlehem: [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [On the wintry and lonely hillside]

The Angel Chorus

Hymnal: Carols, Hymns, and Songs #14 (1863) First Line: On the wintry and lonely hillside Refrain First Line: Glory to God in the highest Languages: English Tune Title: [On the wintry and lonely hillside]

The Angel Chorus

Hymnal: Carols, Hymns, and Songs #20 (1882) First Line: On the wintry and lonely hillside Refrain First Line: Glory to God in the highest Languages: English Tune Title: [On the wintry and lonely hillside]

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J. B. Waterbury

1799 - 1876 Person Name: Jared Bell Waterbury Author of "The Angel Chorus" in The Cyber Hymnal Waterbury, Jared Bell, D.D., was born in New York City, Aug. 11, 1799, and graduated at Yale College, 1822. He was for some time pastor of a Congregational church at Hudson, New York, and then of Bowdoin Street Congregational church, Boston. He died at Brooklyn, Dec. 31, 1876. He published Advice to a Young Christian; The Officer on Duty, and other works. To the Rev. J. Leavitt's Christian Lyre, vol. i., 1830, he contributed the following hymns, each of which was headed, "Written for the Lyre," and signed "J. B. W.":— 1. My Jesus, Thou hast taught. The Love of Jesus. 2. Met, O God, to ask Thy presence. Repentance. 3. 0 fly, mourning sinner, saith Jesus to me. Promise of Pardon. 4. See Sodom wrapt in fire. Warning. 5. Sinner, is thy heart at rest? The Voice of Conscience. 6. Soldiers of the Cross, arise! Lo! your Leader from the skies. Soldiers of the Cross. 7. When, O my Saviour, shall this heart? Desiring Jesus. In vol. ii. of the same work, 1830, also:-- 8. I have fought the good fight; 1 have finished my race. Martyr's Death Song. Another of his hymns is given in the Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, as:— 9. Infinite love, what precious stores. Riches of Divine Grace. Sometimes dated 1862. Of these hymns, Nos. 5, 6, and 9 are the best known. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)