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THE AIR IS FILLED WITH THE ECHOES

Scripture Verse

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14

Introduction

Words: Ano­ny­mous, in Jun­ior Car­ols (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts & Chi­ca­go, Il­linois: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Christ­ian En­dea­vor, 1906), num­ber 27.

Music: Mar­ga­ret B. Mor­ton, 1882 (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

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Adoration of the Shepherds
Gerard van Honthorst (1590–1656)

The air is filled with the ech­oes,
Glad voic­es are sing­ing again,
Saying Glo­ry to God in the high­est,
And peace and good will to men!
Listen, dear child­ren, list­en,
Hear bells and ex­ult­ing chimes say
The sweet­est song that ev­er was sung:
Jesus is born to­day!

The world was dark and lone­ly,
Till the sound of His voice was heard;
And the hearts of the sad and the low­ly
Leapt up at His light­est word.
Over the fields in their beau­ty
The lil­ies and birds of the air,
The ten­der love of the Fa­ther’s smile
He showed us ev­ery­where.

An an­gel may praise Him in Heav­en,
A child may sing up­on earth,
With a joy that shall ring thro’ the ag­es,
The sto­ry of Christ and His birth.
Listen, dear child­ren, list­en,
Hear bells and the joy­ous chimes say
The sweet­est song that ev­er was sung:
Jesus is born to­day!