Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: You nations all on you I call
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s peculiar
Tune: The Nativity
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 226, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsYou nations all, on you I call,
Come, hear this declaration,
And don't refuse the glorious news,
Of Jesus and salvation;
To royal Jews came first the news
Of Christ the great Messiah,
As was foretold by prophets old,
Isaiah and Jeremiah.
To Abraham the promise came,
And to his seed for ever:
A light to shine in Isaac's line,
By Scripture we discover;
Hail promised morn, the Saviour's born,
A glorious Mediator;
God's blessed Word, made flesh and blood,
Became our Lord and Saviour.
His parents, poor in earthly store,
To entertain the strainger,
They found no bed to lay his head
But in the oxen's manger;
No royal things, as used by kings,
Were seen by those who found him,
But in the hay the infant lay
With swaddling bands around him.
On the same night a glorious sight
To shepherds there appeared:
In shining flame an angel came,
They saw and greatly feared.
The angel said, "Be not afraid,
Although we much alarm you,
We do appear good news to bear,
As now we will inform you.
"The city's name is Bethlehem,
In which God hath appointed,
This glorious morn a Saviour's born,
For him hath God anointed;
By this you'll know, if you will go
To see this little stranger,
His lovely charms in Mary's arms,
Both lying in a manger."
When this was said, straightway was heard
A glorious sound from heaven:
Each flaming tongue an anthem sung,
"To man a Saviour's given;
In Jesus' name, the glorious theme,
We elevate our voices;
At Jesus' birth be peace on earth,
Meanwhile all heaven rejoices."
Then with delight they took their flight,
And winged their way to glory,
The shepherds gazed, and were amazed
To hear the pleasing story.
To Bethlehem they quickly came,
The glorious news to carry,
And in the stall they found them all -
Joseph, the babe, and Mary.
The shepherds then return'd again
To their own habitation,
With joy of heart they did depart,
Now they had found salvation.
"Glory," they cry, "to God on high,
Who sent his Son to save us;
This glorious morn a Saviour's born,
His name it is Christ Jesus."