HARK! the best of both worlds

Music and Theology are marvelously intertwined throughout Christian history and tradition. There is one Christmas hymn that took it over the top in both musical grandeur and masterful theology.  Hark the Herald Angels Sing is musically majestic.  Orchestras and choirs can use the mighty musical dynamics to make it rise and fall.  The theology within the verses is without compare.  Felix Mendelssohn is the musician, Charles Wesley the writer.  Consider it now and enjoy!  Thanks to hymnary.org, you can enjoy the lyrics and thanks to YouTube.com you can enjoy the music. Here is one from St. Paul's Cathedral in London and another from the Celtic Women in Ireland

1 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 th'angelic hosts proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
Refrain:
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King"
2 Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
late in time behold him come,
offspring of the Virgin's womb:
veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th'incarnate Deity,
pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
Jesus, our Immanuel. [Refrain]
3 Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that we no more may die,
born to raise us from the earth,
born to give us second birth. [Refrain]

PRAISE GOD!