Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Roy­al Dia­dem, ed­it­ed by Ro­bert Low­ry & How­ard Doane (New York & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1873), num­ber 64. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as W. W., one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: W. How­ard Doane (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Howard Doane (1832–1915)

Lyrics

Hallelujah! hark! from above
Angels come on their wings of love;
Loud ho­san­nas wel­come the morn;
Christ our Re­deem­er’s born.

Refrain

Glory to God the cho­ral strain;
Glory to God the sweet re­frain;
Glory, glo­ry, glo­ry to God!
Christ our Re­deem­er’s born.

Chiming, chim­ing, hark! ’tis the bells;
Joy to all now their mu­sic tells;
Floating on­ward, greet­ing the morn;
Christ our Re­deem­er’s born.

Refrain

Hallelujah! joy­ful we sing,
While we praise our ex­alt­ed king;
Let our car­ol wel­come the morn;
Christ our Re­deem­er’s born.

Refrain