'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing'
I was singing this yesterday, and it hit me what a great song this is. I like the words.
Hark! The herald angels sing!
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled."
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies!
With th' angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Christ, by highest heav'n adored:
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Late in time, behold him come,
Offspring of the virgin's womb.
Veil'd in flesh, the Godhead see;
Hail, th' incarnate Deity:
Pleased, as man, with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Hail! The heav'n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail! The Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die!
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
[and a verse I hadn't heard before but just found]
Come Desire of Nations come,
Fix in us thy humble home.
Rise, the woman's conquering Seed,
Bruise in us the serpent's head.
Adam's likeness now efface.
Stamp thine image in its place.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
posted by melilotnfosco | 4:44 PM
18 Comments:
i want to keep posting stuff, but i'll stop now
i like "God and sinners reconciled" and "born that man no more may die"
ooh, i like that last verse! (hadn't heard it before either:) ...and like i always tell you, you don't have to stop posting, silly!
FYI I'm caught up reading posts since the after-party non-hussiness of it all, and several comments... just too much work to comment under each post :( sorry!
And i do like trying to get the meanings out of the the non-santa claus Christmas lyrics; they're all wonderful :-)
we sang this at church today :)
and the song-leader guy told us to really think about the lyrics
good job! you beat him to it! ;)
did you sing the last verse too?
no - it's not in the hymnal
we also sang 'angels we have heard on high' today, and when we were singing the 'gloria's, it sounded so beautiful. i'm so excited to one day join in with the angels and all the Christians ever in praising GOD!!!
I love it too! It gives me chills!
sometimes in church i like just listening (of course, we can't all do that at the same time, though)
i (the Christmas carol guru) love amy grant's version of this song - she sings all the verses
tell us, oh wise Christmas carol guru, just how many Christmas CDs do you have anyway? ;)
i counted 31 tapes and 27 - nope, make that 26 :( - cds. but there might be more in the car.
is that overdoing it?
when do you have time to listen to all those?
it just may be... ;)
it's harder now that i have kids who object to a whole month of Christmas music
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