Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke 2:14
Words: Attributed to Brooklyn Anniversary Hymns, 1855.
Appeared in The Young Singer’s Friend; or, the Lee Avenue Collection (New York: A. S. [Alfred Smith] Barnes, 1857), number 60.
Music: Anonymous, in The Sunday-School Music Book: Enlarged (Brooklyn, New York: C. C. Mudge, 1858), number 21 (🔊 pdf nwc).
There’s a song the angels sing,
And its notes with rapture ring,
Round the throne whose radiance
Fills the heav’ns above:
Shepherds heard a distant strain,
Watching on Judea’s plain,
Glory be to God,
To men be peace and love.
Refrain
Thro’ the earth and thro’ the sky
Let the anthem ever fly,
Peace, good will to men,
And glory be to God on high.
’Tis a song for children, too,
To the Savior ’tis their due;
Let its grateful notes
Ascend to Him again;
Join the angels in their song,
And the heav’nly strain prolong,
Glory be to God,
Goodwill and peace to men.
Refrain
Soon around that throne may we
With those happy angels be,
Striking harps to strains
That nevermore shall cease;
Mingling love with loftiest praise,
Still the chorus there we’ll raise,
Glory be to God,
To men good will and peace.
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