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Angels from the realms of glory

James Montgomery

Hymnary text authority (750 instances)
The Cyber Hymnal™
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1 Angels from the realms of glory,
  Wing your flight o'er all the earth,
  Ye who sang creation's story,
  Now proclaim Messiah's birth;
Refrain with REGENT SQUARE            
  Come and worship, Come and worship,          
  Worship Christ the new-born King.   
  
  
 
Refrain with IRIS                                            
  Come _____ _____ and worship                                             
  Christ, the new-born King.
  Come _____ _____ and worship,
  worship Christ, the new-born King.
  
2 Shepherds, in the field abiding,
  Watching o'er your flocks by night,
  God with man is now residing,
  Yonder shines the infant-light; [Refrain]

3 Sages, leave your contemplations,
  Brighter visions beam afar,
  Seek the great Desire of Nations;
  Ye have seen his natal star; [Refrain]

4 Saints, before the altar bending,
  Watching long in hope and fear,
  Suddenly the Lord descending
  In His temple shall appear; [Refrain]

5 Sinners, wrung with true repentance,
  Doom'd for guilt to endless pains,
  Justice now revokes the sentence,
  Mercy calls you--break your chains; [Refrain]

6 Though an Infant now we view Him,
  He shall fill His Father’s throne,
  Gather all the nations to Him;
  Every knee shall then bow down: [Refrain]

Here are two doxologies, either of which may be sung as the final stanza of the hymn: 

7a All creation, join in praising
  God, the Father, Spirit, Son,
  Evermore your voices raising
  To th’eternal Three in One. [Refrain]
  
7b Lord of Heaven, we adore Thee,
  God the Father, God the Son,
  God the Spirit, One in glory,
  On the same eternal throne.
  Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
  Lord of Heaven, Three in One.
    

Tunes:

Historically, the tune for this Christmas hymn was IRIS, which in a different arrangement called GLORIA is the tune used almost universally in the United states for "Angels We Have Heard on High". The tune name IRIS alludes to the fact that the hymn was first published in the Sheffield Iris, the newspaper which Montgomery edited.
IRIS

Nowadays, IRIS remains dominant in the United Kingdom, but REGENT SQUARE has taken over in the United States.
REGENT SQUARE

Hymnary.org and the Cyber Hymnal show a total of 45 tunes paired with the text. Here are seven of these pairings:
GILBERTS
GRAFTON (in at least one Japanese hymnal)
LEWES
LANSDOWNE
REALMS OF GLORY
WILDERSMOUTH
ZION (Hastings)