ANGELS from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o’er all the earth; Ye who sang creation’s story, Now proclaim Messiah’s birth:
Come and worship, Worship Christ, the new-born King.
Shepherds, in the field abiding, Watching o’er your flocks by night, God with man is now residing, Yonder shines the infant light:
Sages, leave your contemplations, Brighter visions beam afar; Seek the great Desire of nations; You 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:
Sinners, wrung with true repentance, Doomed for guilt to endless pains, Justice now revokes the sentence, Mercy calls you—break your chains:
James Montgomery, 1771-1854