ALL glory to God in the sky, And peace upon earth be restored! O Jesus, exalted on high, Appear 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 acknowledged Thy birth; Arrived the acceptable year, And Heaven was opened on earth; Receiving its Lord from above, The world was united to bless The Giver of mercy and love, The Prince and the Author of peace.
O come, and to us be made known! Again, in the Spirit, descend. Set up in the hearts of Thine own A kingdom that never shall end. Thou only art able to bless, And make rebel sinners obey; Now bid human enmity cease, And bow countless souls to Thy sway.
Charles Wesley, 1707-88‡