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Christ in Song 280

The Herald Angels Sing

Words: Charles WesleyMusic: Mendelssohn

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1Hark! the her-ald an-gels sing, "Glo-ry to the new-born King! Peace on earth and mer-cy mild,
God and sin-ners rec-on-ciled." Joy-ful, all ye na-tions, rise, Join the tri-umph of the skies;

RefrainHark! the her-ald an-gels sing, "Glo-ry to the new-born King!"

2With th'an-gel-ic host pro-claim, "Christ is born in Beth-le-hem!" Hail, the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail, the Sun of Right-eous-ness! Light and life to all He brings, Ris'n with heal-ing in His wings;

3Mild He lays His glo-ry by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them sec-ond birth. Hark! the her-ald an-gels sing, "Glo-ry to the new-born King!"

Also sung to
Mendelssohn (SDA Hymnal #122); Herald Angels (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #293)
Scripture
Luke 2:14

The verse

Meter
21.21
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 47% of beats fit
Rhyme
AB
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Verse 1

Hark! the her-ald an-gels sing, "Glo-ry to the new-born King! Peace on earth and mer-cy mild,/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/21A
God and sin-ners rec-on-ciled." Joy-ful, all ye na-tions, rise, Join the tri-umph of the skies;/˘/˘/˘//˘///˘//˘/˘˘˘/21B

Verse 2

With th'an-gel-ic host pro-claim, "Christ is born in Beth-le-hem!" Hail, the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!˘???/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘??/˘/21A
Hail, the Sun of Right-eous-ness! Light and life to all He brings, Ris'n with heal-ing in His wings;/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/?˘/˘˘˘/21B

Verse 3

Mild He lays His glo-ry by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth,/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/21A
Born to give them sec-ond birth. Hark! the her-ald an-gels sing, "Glo-ry to the new-born King!"/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘/21B

Refrain

Hark! the her-ald an-gels sing, "Glo-ry to the new-born King!"/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘/14A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.