Why Do the Holy Angels Sing?

Why do the ho­ly an­gels sing?

Why do the heav’n­ly arch­es ring

With an­thems sweet from ser­aphs bright

With glit­ter­ing crowns and robes of white?

They sing of the Lamb that was slain

The Sav­ior that lives again

The root and the off­spring of Da­vid

The bright and morn­ing star!

Glory to Thee

our God

they cry

Maker of earth

and sea

and sky

To Thee our high­est strains be­long

Thou great In­spir­er of our song.

Beautiful world where all is bright

Rivers of gold and fields of light

In mur­mured tones of joy pro­long

The echo of the an­gels’ song.

Well may the holy an­gels sing

Well may the heav’n­ly arch­es ring

With ant­hems sweet from choirs ab­ove

They sing of God

and God is love.