All Glory to God in the Sky

All glo­ry to God in the sky

And peace up­on earth be re­stored!

O Je­sus

ex­alt­ed on high

Appear our om­ni­po­tent Lord:

Who mean­ly in Beth­le­hem born

Didst stoop to re­deem a lost race

Once more to Thy crea­tures re­turn

And reign in Thy king­dom of grace.

When Thou in our flesh didst ap­pear

All na­ture ac­know­ledged Thy birth;

Arose the ac­cept­able year

And Heav­en was op­en on earth.

Receiving its Lord from ab­ove

The world was un­it­ed to bless

The giv­er of con­cord and love

The Prince and the Au­thor of peace.

O wouldst Thou again be made known

Again in Thy Spir­it des­cend

And set up in each of Thine own

A king­dom that nev­er shall end!

Thou on­ly art able to bless

And make the glad na­tions ob­ey

And bid the dire en­mi­ty cease

And bow the whole world to Thy sway.

Come then to Thy serv­ants again

Who long Thy ap­pear­ing to know

Thy qui­et and peace­able reign

In mer­cy es­tab­lish be­low:

All sor­row be­fore Thee shall fly

And an­ger and hat­red be o’er

And en­vy and mal­ice shall die

And dis­cord af­flict us no more.

No hor­rid alarm of war

Shall break our eter­nal re­pose;

No sound of the trum­pet is there

Where Je­sus’ Spir­it o’er­flows:

Appeased by the charms of Thy grace

We all shall in am­ity join

And kind­ly each oth­er em­brace

And love with a pas­sion like Thine.