Rolling downward through the midnight,
Comes a glorious burst of heavenly song;
Tis a chorus full of sweetness —
And the singers are an angel throng.
“Glory! glory... in the highest
On the earth good-will and peace to meD I”
Down the ages send the echo;
Let the glad earth shout again!
Wondering shepherds see the glory,
Hear the word the shining ones declare;
At the manger fall in worship,
While the music fills the quivering air.
“Glory! glory... in the highest
On the earth good-will and peace to meD I”
Down the ages send the echo;
Let the glad earth shout again!
Christ the Saviour, God's Anointed,
Comes to earth our fearful debt to pay —
Man of Sorrows, and rejected,
Lamb of God, that takes our sin away.
“Glory! glory... in the highest
On the earth good-will and peace to meD I”
Down the ages send the echo;
Let the glad earth shout again!