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848:"Hymn Texts and Tunes: Hark! the herald angels sing (125)"
646:"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" was regarded as one of the
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128:that first appeared in 1739 in the collection
942:. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 205–229.
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1351:Animated score and orchestral MIDI rendition
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1317:International Music Score Library Project
1313:"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Cummings)
1410:Choral compositions by Felix Mendelssohn
1168:The History and Use Hymns and Hymn-Tunes
1120:. Christmas Classics Ltd. 30 August 2013
1090:Fentress, Sara Beth (13 December 2018).
969:A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship
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1092:"Hark! Thoughts on a Christmas Classic"
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477:Hail the Heaven-born Prince of Peace!
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531:Thine to Ours, and Ours to Thine.
516:Rise, the Woman's Conqu'ring Seed,
433:Hail the Heav'nly Prince of Peace!
245:New Version of the Psalms of David
101:"Vaterland, in deinen Gauen" from
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544:Bruise in us the Serpent's Head.
542:Rise the Woman's conqu'ring Seed,
393:Pleas'd as Man with Men t'appear,
367:Pleas'd as Man with Men t' appear
363:Veil'd in Flesh, the Godhead see,
354:CHRIST, by highest Heav'n ador'd,
294:"CHRIST the LORD is born to Day!
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575:Form'd in each Believing Heart.
518:Bruise in Us the Serpent's Head.
483:Risen with healing in His wings;
481:Light and life to all He brings,
470:Born to give them second Birth.
468:Born to raise the sons of Earth,
461:Ris'n with Healing in his Wings.
459:Light and Life around he brings,
448:Born—to give them Second Birth.
446:Born—to raise the Sons of Earth,
439:Ris'n with Healing in his Wings.
437:Light and Life to All he brings,
414:Pleased as man with man to dwell
410:Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
402:Christ, by highest heaven adored
389:Veil'd in Flesh the Godhead see,
380:Christ by highest Heav'n ador'd,
283:"Peace on Earth, and Mercy mild,
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650:and published as number 403 in
569:Let us Thee, tho' lost, regain,
489:Born to raise the sons of earth
386:Offspring of the Virgin's Womb.
312:Join the Triumphs of the Skies;
305:Peace on Earth, and Mercy mild,
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1152:"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
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879:"Hark! the Herald Angels Sing"
768:St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
687:hymn of the annual service of
654:(New York and Chicago, 1872).
641:Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
571:Thee, the Life, the Inner Man:
538:Come, Desire of Nations, come,
512:Come, Desire of Nations, come,
491:Born to give them second birth
479:Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
466:Born that Men no more may die;
457:Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
444:Born—that Man no more may die,
435:Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
335:With the angelic host proclaim
327:Peace on earth and mercy mild,
290:Join the Triumph of the Skies,
1:
1326:Hymns and Carols of Christmas
883:Hymns and Carols of Christmas
584:Stamp thy Image in its Place;
558:Stamp thy Image in its Place,
521:Now display thy saving Pow'r,
487:Born that man no more may die
408:Offspring of a Virgin's womb:
404:Christ, the everlasting Lord,
384:Late in Time behold-him come,
360:Offspring of a Virgin's Womb.
358:Late in Time behold him come,
356:CHRIST, the Everlasting Lord,
337:"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
333:Join the triumph of the skies
279:HARK how all the Welkin rings
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932:"9. John and Charles Wesley"
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502:"Glory to the new-born king"
494:Hark! The herald angels sing
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406:Late in time behold Him come
382:Christ the everlasting Lord;
344:"Glory to the new-born king"
340:Hark! The herald-angels sing
323:Hark! The herald-angels sing
314:Nature rise and worship him,
301:HARK! the Herald Angels sing
285:"GOD and Sinners reconcil'd!
281:"Glory to the King of Kings,
122:Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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1221:"In das Warten dieser Welt"
1139:Hark the Herald Angels Sing
990:. Cambridge: J. Archdeacon.
967:Whitefield, George (1754).
588:Work it in us by thy Love.
582:Adam's Likeness now efface,
423:"Glory to the newborn King"
331:Joyful all ye nations rise,
329:God and sinners reconciled"
325:"Glory to the newborn king;
310:Joyful all ye Nations rise,
307:God and Sinners reconcil'd.
303:Glory to the new-born King!
288:Joyful all ye Nations rise,
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514:Fix in Us thy humble Home,
464:Mild he lays his Glory by,
442:Mild he lays his Glory by,
316:Who is born at Bethlehem.
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1191:"Nine Lessons and Carols"
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780:Music and the Higher Life
677:in the first book of the
648:Great Four Anglican Hymns
573:O! to All Thyself impart,
566:Reinstate us in thy Love.
556:s Likeness, LORD, efface,
485:Mild He lays His glory by
395:Jesus our Emmanuel here.
391:Hail th' incarnate Deity!
365:Hail th' Incarnate Deity!
264:George Whitefield (1758)
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1003:"Hymn for Christmas-Day"
856:Bethany Lutheran College
799:List of Christmas carols
793:Tochter Zion, freue dich
667:last verse harmonisation
412:Hail the incarnate Deity
257:"Hymn for Christmas-Day"
36:Worship of the Shepherds
1405:Hymns by Charles Wesley
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689:Nine Lessons and Carols
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623:William Hayman Cummings
615:United States Army Band
586:Second Adam from above,
259:(Charles Wesley, 1739)
226:Hymns and Sacred Poems.
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930:Watson, J. R. (1997).
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652:The Church Hymn Book
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292:Universal Nature say
249:Roud Folk Song Index
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206:William H. Cummings
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113:William H. Cummings
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1025:Whitefield, George
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