  All glory to God in the sky, and peace upon earth he restored; O Jesus! exalted on high, appears our Omnipotent Lord! Who meanly in Bethlehem born, didst stoop to redeem a lost race, Once more to thy creatures return, and reign in thy kingdom of grace! When Thou in our flesh didst appear, all Nature acknowledg’d thy birth; Arose the acceptable year, and heaven was opened on earth: Receiving its Lord from above, the world was united to bless The Giver of concord and love, the Prince and the Author of Peace. O wouldst Thou again be made known, again in thy Spirit descend, And set up in each of Thine own a kingdom that never shall end! Thou only art able to bless, and make the glad nations obey, And bid the dire enmity cease, and bow the whole world to thy sway! |
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