Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Hark hark the notes of joy
Topic: Christ/His Nativity
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: HM
Tune: Haddam
Hymn Number: 84
Page Number: 034, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHark! hark! the notes of joy
Roll o'er the heav'nly plains,
And seraphs find employ
For their sublimest strains;
Some new delight in heaven is known,
Loud sound the harps around the throne.
Hark! hark! the sound draws nigh--
The joyful host descends;
The Lord forsakes the sky,
To earth his footsteps bends:
He come to bless our fallen race;
He comes with messages of grace.
Bear, bear the tidings round!
Let every mortal know
What love in God is found,
What pity he can show:
Ye winds that blow, ye waves that roll,
Bear the glad news from pole to pole.
Strike, strike the harps again,
To great Immanuel's name!
Arise, ye sons of men,
And all his grace proclaim:
Angels and men, wake every string,
'Tis God the Savior's praise we sing!