Angels From the Realms of Glory
The same words as 3 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
1 word changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #297 · 1 stanza only in SDA Hymnal #119 · tune 277, 92, 47 → Regent Square
Verse 1
Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o'er all the earth;
Ye, who sang creation's story,
Now proclaim Messiah's birth.
Verse 1
Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o'er all the earth;
Ye, who sang creation's story,
Now proclaim Messiah's birth.
Verse 2
Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching o'er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing,
Yonder shines the infant Light.
Verse 2
Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching o'er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing,
Yonder shines the infant Light.
Verse 3
Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations,
Ye have seen His natal star.
Verse 3
Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations,
Ye have seen His natal star.
Verse 4
Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear,Sudenly the Lord, descending,
In His temple shall appear.
Verse 4
Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear,
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
In His temple shall appear.
Not in this version
Refrain
Come and worship, Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
Verse 5
Sinners, wrung with true repentance,
Come with all your guilty stains;
Justice now revokes the sentence,
Mercy calls you,—break your chains.
Not in this version