Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1791)/For Christmas-Day

HYMN XIII. For CHRISTMAS-DAY.

High let us swell our tuneful Notes And join th'angelic Throng, For Angels no such Love have known, T'awake a chearful song. T'awake, &c.

Good-will to sinful Men is shewn, And Peace on Earth is giv'n, For lo! th'incarnate Saviour comes With Messages from Heav'n. With, &c.

Justice and Grace, with sweet Accord, His rising Beams adorn; Let Heav'n and Earth in Concert join, Now such a Child is born. Now such, &c.

Glory to God in highest Strains, In highest Worlds be paid; His Glory by our Lips proclaim'd, And by our Lives display'd. And by, &c.

When shall we reach those blissful Realms Where Christ exalted reigns; And learn of the Celestial Choir, Their own immortal Strains. Their, &c.