Angels from the Realms of Glory

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 new­born king.

Shepherds

in the field abid­ing

Watching o’er your flocks by night

God with us is now re­sid­ing;

Yonder shines the in­fant light:

Sages

leave your con­tem­pla­tions

Brighter vi­sions beam afar;

Seek the great De­sire of na­tions;

Ye have seen His na­tal star.

Saints

be­fore the al­tar bend­ing

Watching long in hope and fear;

Suddenly the Lord

des­cend­ing

In His tem­ple shall ap­pear.

Sinners

wrung with true re­pent­ance

Doomed for guilt to end­less pains

Justice now re­vokes the sen­tence

Mercy calls you; break your chains.

Though an in­fant now we view Him

He shall fill His Fa­ther’s throne

Gather all the na­tions to Him;

Every knee shall then bow down:

All cre­ation

join in prais­ing

God

the Fa­ther

Spir­it

Son

Evermore your voic­es rais­ing

To th’eter­nal Three in One.