Christmas

Angels From the Realms of Glory

Words:
James Montgomery, 1816.
Music:
'Regent Square' Henry Smart, 1867.
Setting:
"Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship", 1867.
Metre:
8 7 8 7 8 7
  1. 1Angels from the realms of glory,Wing your flight o'er all the earth;Ye who sang creation's storyNow proclaim Messiah's birth.Come and worship, come and worship,Worship Christ, the newborn King.
  2. 2Shepherds, in the field abiding,Watching o'er your flocks by night,God with us is now residing;Yonder shines the infant light:Come and worship, come and worship,Worship Christ, the newborn King.
  3. 3Sages, leave your contemplations,Brighter visions beam afar;Seek the great Desire of nations;Ye have seen His natal star.Come and worship, come and worship,Worship Christ, the newborn King.
  4. 4Saints, before the altar bending,Watching long in hope and fear;Suddenly the Lord, descending,In His temple shall appear.Come and worship, come and worship,Worship Christ, the newborn King.
  5. 5Sinners, wrung with true repentance,Doomed for guilt to endless pains,Justice now revokes the sentence,Mercy calls you; break your chains.Come and worship, come and worship,Worship Christ, the newborn King.
  6. 6Though an Infant now we view Him,He shall fill His Father's throne,Gather all the nations to Him;Every knee shall then bow down:
  7. 7All creation, join in praisingGod, the Father, Spirit, Son,Evermore your voices raisingTo th'eternal Three in One.

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  • Written in 1816, the words are in 847 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
  • The tune, Regent Square, is in 1,127 hymnals. The tune →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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