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?