Scripture Verse

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God. Luke 2:20

Introduction

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Andrew Skoog (1856–1934)

Words & Mu­sic: An­drew L. Skoog, 1892 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

Our day of joy is here again,
With love and peace and song;
Come, let us join th’an­gel­ic strain
With voic­es clear and strong.

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Glory to our God, we sing,
Glory to our Lord and king;
Peace, good­will with all abide
This ho­ly Christ­mas tide.

When dark­ness lay up­on this earth,
A glo­ri­ous light did shine,
God sent a gift of price­less worth
And showed His love di­vine.

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Now to the man­ger let us go
To wor­ship and ad­ore
The ten­der Babe up­on the straw,
Our Sav­ior ev­er­more.

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How won­der­ful that God’s own Son
Should so Him­self ab­ase!
He thrust the migh­ty from their throne,
And gave the low­ly grace.

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