9344 | The Cyber Hymnal#9345 | 9346 |
Text: | Down From The Skies |
Author: | Benjamin Russell Hanby |
Tune: | [Down from the skies bending low o'er the manger] |
Composer: | Benjamin Russell Hanby |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Down from the skies bending low o’er the manger,
White robed celestials adoringly throng;
Hark! for they herald a heavenly stranger;
Hasten, ye mortals, to join in their song.
Refrain:
Little children lisp His grace,
Youthful voices sound His praise;
Men and angels raise your loud hosannas to His name;
Oceans with your fullness roar,
Earth resound from shore to shore,
Hallelujah to the Lamb.
2 Hail Him, ye shepherds, adore Him, ye sages,
Ho! waiting Israel still faithful, though few;
Gentiles, Oh list to the voice of the ages,
Lo! a Deliv’rer is coming to you. [Refrain]
3 Dark is the pathway before Him and dreary,
Onward it leads to the cross and the grave;
Cheerful He treads it though fainting and weary,
Thus, only thus, He His loved ones can save. [Refrain]
4 Weep not, O stricken ones, when shall enfold Him
All the deep darkness of Calvary’s gloom;
Soon, soon your tear blinded eyes shall behold Him,
Walking a God from the gates of the tomb. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Down from the skies bending low o’er the manger |
Title: | Down From The Skies |
Author: | Benjamin Russell Hanby (1865) |
Refrain First Line: | Little children lisp His grace, |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Snow-Bird (Cincinnatti: John Church, 1865) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Down from the skies bending low o'er the manger] |
Composer: | Benjamin Russell Hanby |
Key: | C Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | Midi |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |