Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke 2:14
Words & Music: Daniel E. Lorenz, in Notes of Victory, edited by William A. Ogden & Edmund S. Lorenz (Chicago, Illinois: Fleming H. Revell, 1885) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Lorenz (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Let the angel hosts on high and the sons of men
In a happy song of praise combine;
God’s salvation now appears,
It shall crown the coming years
With the comfort of a hope all divine.
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Then glory in the highest let us sing!
Should aloud the heav’nly chorus;
Glory be to God on high,
Let the earth to heav’n reply,
As the Savior comes with light and with love.
O how glorious is the news! it can ne’er grow old;
Let us tell it o’er and o’er again;
Let us trumpet notes employ,
Wake the earth to peace and joy,
Christ the Lord has come to dwell among men.
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What a gift to us is Christ! what a treasure vast!
He is more than all the world beside;
We may see His glory here,
But ’twill more and more appear,
While eternal years in Him we abide.
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