HYMN: Angel Chorus, Raise Your Voices

I recently posted a hymn text for the Nativity of Our Lord based on a sermon on the Nativity by Leo the Great. This text only covered part 1 of the sermon. After wrestling with it during jury duty selection this past week—I wasn’t selected—today I finished a text loosely based on the other two parts of the same excellent sermon. The temporary tune for this text is ABBOT’S LEIGH, to which we sing the hymn “Church of God, Elect and Glorious.”

Feedback is love. I used a LOT of poetic license here; let me know if I took too much license and didn’t pay enough attention to the poetry.

Angel Chorus, Raise Your Voices

1. Angel chorus, raise your voices!

Saints, your hymns of glory sing!

All creation now rejoices

To receive the Savior King.

See two natures here united:

Truest God and truest Man.

Human flesh in Christ invited

To reside at God’s right hand.

2. Word of God, Himself eternal,

Found in form a lowly Slave,

Raised the slaves to bliss supernal

From the dread, eternal grave.

Hear the great salvation story:

God and Man are reconciled!

Prophets, martyrs, sing the glory

Of our King, the holy Child!

Δ 3. Thanks we give and adoration,

Father, for Your boundless grace.

Christ we thank for free salvation;

At Your birth we see God’s face.

Holy Spirit, thanks we render.

Blessèd, holy Trinity,

You we praise in shining splendor

Now and to eternity.

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ABBOT’S LEIGH (LSB 646)

Nativity of Our Lord (loosely based on Leo’s Sermon 21 on the Nativity, parts II and III)