Salvation Morning

What means this glo­ri­ous ra­di­ance

Across Ju­dea’s plain?

These white winged an­gels sing­ing

In such ex­ult­ant strain?

The King of glo­ry com­eth

Earth’s brok­en hearts to bind

And God’s sal­va­tion morn­ing

Hath dawned for all man­kind.

What means this won­drous sto­ry

The ho­ly an­gels tell

Of One who reigned in Heav­en

And now on earth would dwell?

Why bend these east­ern sag­es

To One of low­ly birth?

What means this heav’n­ly mes­sage

Of love and peace on earth?

Ye wan­d’rers in earth’s dark­ness

On ocean deep and land

Hail

hail the joy­ful tid­ings

The morn­ing is at hand.