Christ — First Advent
Hark! the herald angels sing
- No. 293
- Metre 7s. D.
- Tune HERALD ANGELS.
- Words Charles Wesley.
- Music Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
- Key G major
- Singing key F major
- Time 4/4
- 3 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenHark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With the angel host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
With the angel host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ the everlasting Lord;
In the manger born a king,
While adoring angels sing,
"Peace on earth, to men good-will;"
Bid the trembling soul be still,
Christ on earth has come to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Hail! the heaven-born Prince of peace!
Hail! the Sun of righteousness!
Life and light to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
About this hymn
As printed As printed: running head «CHRIST—FIRST ADVENT.»; hymn number «293» (large), tune name «HERALD ANGELS. 7s. D.» over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals, the «D.» smaller), «FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Hark!»; under the staves only «her- ald», «Glo-ry», «new-born», «sin- ners», «Joy-ful», «na-tions», «an - gel»/«an-gel» are hyphenated, the other words are set as running words («angels», «mercy», «reconciled», «triumph», «proclaim», «Bethlehem»). Its fifth and sixth lines are printed one above the other between braces, «{ Joy-ful, all ye na-tions, rise, / Join the triumph of the skies; }», under a section of the music between repeat signs (sung first and second time). Its last couplet, «With the angel host proclaim, / "Christ is born in Bethlehem!"», is printed twice under the staves, because the music sets it twice; it is transcribed twice here, as printed. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «828, 901, 464.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 828, 901 or 464), with their even lines indented; they print eight lines each, and are sung with lines 5–6 on the repeat and lines 7–8 twice. «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («Hark !», «King ;», «reconciled !», «Lord ;», «good-will ;», «Emmanuel !», «peace !», «Hail !»); it is closed up here. The print's curly quotation marks are written straight ("). The text stanzas are numbered «2», «3» without a period in the print (the interlinear stanza «1.» has one); they are numbered «2.», «3.» here, as in the other hymns of this transcription. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Christ — First Advent · No. 293 · printed page 96
- Checked
- score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01
