

                        "Angels from the Realms of Glory"
                         by James Montgomery, 1771-1854
                                     Text From:
                         THE LUTHERAN HANDBOOK TO THE HYMNAL
                 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942)p.106



        1. Angels from the realms of glory,
        Wing your flight o'er all the earth;
        Ye who sang creation's story,
        Now proclaim Messiah's birth:
        Come and worship,
        Come and worship;
        Worship Christ, the new-born King.

        2. Shepherds in the fields abiding,
        Watching o'er your flocks by night,
        God with man is now residing,
        Yonder shines the Infant Light:
        Come and worship:
        Come and worship,
        Worship Christ, the new-born King.

        3. Sages, leave your contemplations;
        Brighter visions beam afar;
        Seek the great Desire of nations,
        Ye have seen His natal star:
        Come and worship,
        Come and worship;
        Worship Christ, the new-born King.

        4. Saints, before the altar bending,
        Watching long in hope and fear,
        Suddenly the Lord, descending,
        In His Temple shall appear:
        Come and worship,
        Come and worship;
        Worship Christ, the new-born King.

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        Notes:
        Hymn #136 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Matt 2:2
        Author: James Montgomery, 1816, 1825, ab.
        Composer: Henry Smart, 1867
        Tune: "Regent Square"
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