Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the Christ-child bring;
"Peace on earth and mercy mild,
"God and sinner reconciled!"
Joyful, all you saints arise,
join the triumph of the skies;
With the angel host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"

Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the Christ-child bring!"

Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time the Savior comes,
offspring of the Virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh, the God-head see;
hail the incarnate Deity,
Pleased on earth with us to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.

Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the Christ-child bring!"

Hail the Bearer of God's peace!
Hail the Sun of righteousness,
light and life our Savior brings,
risen with radiant, healing wings.
Mildly laying glory by,
born that we no more may die,
Born to raise us all from earth,
born to give us second birth.

Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the Christ-child bring!"

Music: Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn (19th C)
Words: Charles Wesley (18th C)
Sequence: Dall Forsythe, Church of St. John the Evangelist