Scripture Verse

Glory to God in the highest. Luke 2:14

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of Joy and Glad­ness, ed­it­ed by Will­iam Mc­Don­ald, Jo­shua Gill, John R. Swe­ney & Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Mc­Don­ald & Gill, 1885), num­ber 107.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

We are ne­ver, ne­ver wea­ry
Of the grand old song;
Glory to God, hal­le­lu­jah!
We can sing it loud as ev­er,
With our faith more strong;
Glory to God, hal­le­lu­jah!

Refrain

O, the child­ren of the Lord
Have a right to shout and sing,
For the way is grow­ing bright,
And our souls are on the wing;
We are go­ing by and by
To the pa­lace of a king!
Glory to God, hal­le­lu­jah!

We are lost amid the rap­ture
Of re­deem­ing love
Glory to God, hal­le­lu­jah!
We are ris­ing on its pin­ions
To the hills above:
Glory to God, hal­le­lu­jah!

Refrain

We are go­ing to a palace
That is built of gold;
Glory to God, hal­le­lu­jah!
Where the King in all His splen­dor
We shall soon be­hold
Glory to God, hal­le­lu­jah!

Refrain

There we’ll shout re­deem­ing mer­cy
In a glad, new song;
Glory to God, hal­le­lu­jah!
There we’ll sing the praise of Je­sus
With the blood washed throng;
Glory to God, hal­le­lu­jah!

Refrain