Angels we have heard on high
by Traditional French carol · by Earl Marlatt
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 142.
Verse 1
Angels we have heard on high Singing sweetly through the night, And the mountains in reply Echoing their brave delight.
Refrain
Gloria, in excelsis Deo, Gloria, in excelsis Deo.
Verse 2
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why these songs of happy cheer? What great brightness did you see? What glad tidings did you hear?
Verse 3
Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Verse 4
See Him in a manger laid Whom the angels praise above; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, While we raise our hearts in love.