Scripture Verse

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14

Introduction

Words: Jo­seph M. Hunt, The Gos­pel Alarm (St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri: Cen­tral Bap­tist, 1886).

Music: As­pen San­ford M. Brown, The Mis­sion­ary Tri­umph (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1889), num­ber 15 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Hunt or Brown (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Hear the an­gels glad­ly sing­ing,
Christ the Sav­ior now is born;
Shout the tid­ings, till all na­tions
Heed with joy this na­tal morn.

Refrain

Glory, glo­ry in the high­est
Hear the an­gels sing again,
Glory, glo­ry in the high­est,
Peace on earth, good will to men.

Loud pro­claim the won­drous mes­sage
Of a Sav­ior’s low­ly birth,
How He rest­ed in the man­ger,
He, the Son of God on earth.

Refrain

Lift your heads, ye faint and weary,
See your Lord, Im­ma­nu­el, King,
Lend your voic­es to the chor­us,
Let the shout tri­um­phant ring.

Refrain

Peace on earth, what glo­ri­ous tid­ings,
Peace on earth, good will to men;
Let us haste to crown Im­ma­nu­el
With a roy­al dia­dem.

Refrain