How Fair upon the Mountains

How fair upon the mount­ains

The hast­ing feet which bring

Today the glo­ri­ous tid­ings

Which o’er the earth shall ring.

He reigns

our bless­èd Sav­ior

He reigns

the King of Peace!

Today His heav­en­ly mis­sion

Begins and ne’er shall cease.

What though a new­born in­fant

He smiles on Ma­ry’s breast?

He comes to free the peo­ple

With sin and woe op­pressed.

He comes to break the fe­tters

Which bind the toil­ing slave

And bid from ev­ery hill­top

The flag of free­dom wave.

Break forth

ye lof­ty mount­ains

And ye

O lit­tle hills

Pour out your deep­est mu­sic

And min­gle

tink­ling rills.

Let ev­ery voice in na­ture

Unite to swell the strain:

Today our bless­èd lead­er

The Prince of Peace doth reign.