Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:11
Words: Lizzie DeArmond, 1903.
Music: William A. Post (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Post (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
All hail! all hail! this coronation day;
It comes to us along the heav’nly way;
It brings again the song of peace,
The words of hope and cheer,
The Gospel true of glad goodwill,
To human hearts so dear.
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Hail! hail! hail! all hail! glad hallelujahs sing;
O hail the coronation day and crown the Christ our king.
Hail! hail! hail! O welcome, welcome, day divine;
The King has come! His glory on the world doth shine.
All hail! all hail! this blessèd Christmastide:
May love divine within our hearts abide;
Now ring the sweet-toned Christmas bells,
O angels, sing once more
Your song of praise, while loyal hearts
The Holy One adore.
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All hail! all hail! this coronation day;
The King has come, His glory fills the way;
The Word descended from the throne;
Before the world was He,
The Father’s everlasting Son,
From all eternity.
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