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MENDELSSOHN.
7s.
D.
"
Behold,
angels
ministered
unto
him."-MATT.
4:
11.
CHARLES
WESLEY,
1739.
Key
of
G.
J.
L.
F.
MENDELSSOHM-BARTHOLDY,
1840.
1.
Hark!
the
herald
angels
sing,
"Glo-ry
to
the
new-born
King;
Peace
on
earth,
and
mercy
mild,
God
and
sinners
rec-on-ciled!
"
Joy
-ful
all
ye
na-tions
rise,
2.
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;
3.
Adam's
likeness,
Lord,
efface;
Stamp
Thine
image
in
its
place;
Sec-ond
Adam
from
a
-
bove,
Re-in-state
us
in
Thy
love!
Let
us
Thee,
tho't
lost,
re-gain;
Join
the
triumph
of
the
skies;
U
-
ni
-
ver-sal
na-ture
say,
"Christ
the
Lord
is
born
to-day,"
U
-
ni
-
ver
-
sal
na-ture
say,
"Christ
the
Lord
is
born
to
-
day."
Hail!
th'in-car-nate
De-i
-
ty,
Blessed
as
man
with
men
t'
appear,
Jesus,
our
Immanuel, here!
Blessed
as
man
with
men
t'
appear,
Je
-
sus,
our
Im-man-uel, here!
Thee
the
Life,
the
heav'nly
Man;
O
to
all
Thy-self
im-part,
Formed
in
each
be
-
liev-ing
heart!
O
to
all
Thy
-
self
im-part,
Formed
in
each
be
-
liev-ing
heart!
This
hymn
of
Charles
Wesley,
dated
about
1739,
has
been
altered
several
times
in
some
particulars,
but
its
present
shape
is
almost
identical
with
the
first
production
of
the
hymn.
Mendelssohn
is
a
favorite
musical
interpreter
of
the
hymn.
It
is
taken
from
J.
L.
F.
Mendelsshon-Bartholdy's
cantata.
He
was
one
of
the
great
masters;
born
1809
and
died
1847.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S. James.