1. Newton’s (St Paul’s)
Words: “Hymn for Christmas-Day” by Charles Wesley, in Hymns and Sacred Poems (John Wesley 1739, amended George Whitefield, 1754)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hark!_The_Herald_Angels_Sing
Music: From the Martin MS, Poole, Dorset. Collected as “Newton's Double” in 1916 by Janet Blunt from William “Binx” Walton (1836–1919) of Adderbury, Oxfordshire, where it had been sung "70 or more years ago". Transcription: Sheila and Edwin Macadam, 2001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hark!_The_Herald_Angels_Sing
Music: From the Martin MS, Poole, Dorset. Collected as “Newton's Double” in 1916 by Janet Blunt from William “Binx” Walton (1836–1919) of Adderbury, Oxfordshire, where it had been sung "70 or more years ago". Transcription: Sheila and Edwin Macadam, 2001
Singers: Katy Lavinia Cooper (treble), Sheena Templeton (alto), Daisy Abbott and Harry Campbell (tenor/melody), David Titterington and Richard Reid (bass).
Hark, the herald-angels sing
Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled. Joyful, all ye nations, rise Join the triumph of the skies; With the angelic host proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! The herald-angels sing Glory to the newborn King. |
Christ, by highest heav’n adored,
Christ the everlasting Lord! Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of a Virgin's womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity, Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel! Hark! The herald-angels sing Glory to the newborn King. |
Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, Ris'n with healing in His wings; Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! The herald-angels sing Glory to the newborn King. |