Angels, from the Realms of Glory

Verse 1
Angels from the realms of glo­ry,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang cre­ation’s sto­ry (Job 38:7)
Now pro­claim Mes­si­ah’s birth. (Luke 2:9-14)

Chorus
Come and wor­ship, come and wor­ship,
Worship Christ, the new­born king. (Matt. 2:2, Matt. 2:11, Heb. 1:6)

Verse 2
Shepherds, in the field abid­ing,
Watching o’er your flocks by night, (Luke 2:8)
God with us is now re­sid­ing; (Matt. 1:23, John 1:14, Isa. 7:14)
Yonder shines the in­fant light:

Verse 3
Sages, leave your con­tem­pla­tions,
Brighter vi­sions beam afar;
Seek the great De­sire of na­tions; (Haggai 2:7)
Ye have seen His na­tal star. (Matt. 2:1-2, Matt. 2:10)

Verse 4
Saints, be­fore the al­tar bend­ing,
Watching long in hope and fear;
Suddenly the Lord, des­cend­ing,
In His tem­ple shall ap­pear. (Mal. 3:1)

Verse 5
Sinners, wrung with true re­pent­ance,
Doomed for guilt to end­less pains,
Justice now re­vokes the sen­tence,
Mercy calls you; break your chains. (Isa. 61:1, Luke 4:18)

Verse 6
Though an in­fant now we view Him, (Luke 2:12, Luke 2:16)
He shall fill His Fa­ther’s throne, (Luke 1:32-33, Rev. 3:21)
Gather all the na­tions to Him; (Matt. 25:32)
Every knee shall then bow down: (Isa. 45:23, Rom. 14:11, Phil. 2:9-11)

Verse 7
All cre­ation, join in prais­ing (Rev. 5:13)
God, the Fa­ther, Spir­it, Son,
Evermore your voic­es rais­ing
To th’eter­nal Three in One.