Festival of Lessons & Carols
Carol: Angels, from the Realms of Glory
Please stand, if you are able, to sing
Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creations story
Now proclaim o’er all the earth
Gloria, in excelsis Deo! (x2)
Shepherds, in the field abiding
Watching o’er your flocks by night
God with man is now residing
Yonders shines the infant light
Sages, leave your contemplations
Brighter visions beam afar
God with man is now residing
Ye have seen his natal star
Saints before the altar bending
Watching long in hope and fear
Suddenly the lord, descending
In his temple shall appear
Through an infant now we view him
He shall fill his Fathers throne,
Gather all the nations to him
Every knee shall then bow down
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creations story
Now proclaim o’er all the earth
Gloria, in excelsis Deo! (x2)
Shepherds, in the field abiding
Watching o’er your flocks by night
God with man is now residing
Yonders shines the infant light
Sages, leave your contemplations
Brighter visions beam afar
God with man is now residing
Ye have seen his natal star
Saints before the altar bending
Watching long in hope and fear
Suddenly the lord, descending
In his temple shall appear
Through an infant now we view him
He shall fill his Fathers throne,
Gather all the nations to him
Every knee shall then bow down
Please sit.