All glory to God, And peace upon earth

Verse 1
All glory to God, and peace upon earth
Be publish’d abroad at Jesus’s birth;
The forfeited favour of heaven we find
Restor’d in the Saviour and friend of mankind.

Verse 2
Then let us behold Messias the Lord,
By prophets foretold, by angels ador’d,
Our God’s incarnation with angels proclaim,
And publish salvation in Jesus’s name.

Verse 3
Our newly-born King by faith we have seen,
And joyfully sing his goodness to men,
That all men may wonder at what we impart,
And thankfully ponder his love in their heart.

Verse 4
What mov’d the Most High so greatly to stoop,
He comes from the sky our souls to lift up;
That sinners forgiven, might sinless return
To God and to heaven; their Maker is born.

Verse 5
Immanuel’s love let sinners confess,
Who comes from above, to bring us his peace;
Let every believer his mercy adore,
And praise him for ever, when time is no more.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord, published by Charles Wesley (1745).Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 4 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 112.
Publishing: Public Domain