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High let us swell our tuneful notes, And join th’ angelic throng, For angels no such love have known, T’ awake a cheerful song.
Good-will to sinful men is shown, And peace on earth is given; For, lo! the incarnate Saviour comes With messages from heaven.
Justice and grace with sweet accord His rising beams adorn; Let heaven and earth in concert join, To us a Child is born.
Glory to God in highest strains, In highest worlds be paid; His glory by our lips proclaimed, And by our lives displayed.
When shall we reach those blissful realms, Where Christ exalted reigns; And learn of the celestial choir Their own immortal strains?