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859:"Hymn Texts and Tunes: Hark! the herald angels sing (125)"
657:"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" was regarded as one of the
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139:that first appeared in 1739 in the collection
953:. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 205–229.
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1324:"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Cummings)
1421:Choral compositions by Felix Mendelssohn
1179:The History and Use Hymns and Hymn-Tunes
1131:. Christmas Classics Ltd. 30 August 2013
1101:Fentress, Sara Beth (13 December 2018).
980:A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship
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1103:"Hark! Thoughts on a Christmas Classic"
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542:Thine to Ours, and Ours to Thine.
527:Rise, the Woman's Conqu'ring Seed,
444:Hail the Heav'nly Prince of Peace!
256:New Version of the Psalms of David
112:"Vaterland, in deinen Gauen" from
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553:Rise the Woman's conqu'ring Seed,
404:Pleas'd as Man with Men t'appear,
378:Pleas'd as Man with Men t' appear
374:Veil'd in Flesh, the Godhead see,
365:CHRIST, by highest Heav'n ador'd,
305:"CHRIST the LORD is born to Day!
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586:Form'd in each Believing Heart.
529:Bruise in Us the Serpent's Head.
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492:Light and life to all He brings,
481:Born to give them second Birth.
479:Born to raise the sons of Earth,
472:Ris'n with Healing in his Wings.
470:Light and Life around he brings,
459:Born—to give them Second Birth.
457:Born—to raise the Sons of Earth,
450:Ris'n with Healing in his Wings.
448:Light and Life to All he brings,
425:Pleased as man with man to dwell
421:Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
413:Christ, by highest heaven adored
400:Veil'd in Flesh the Godhead see,
391:Christ by highest Heav'n ador'd,
294:"Peace on Earth, and Mercy mild,
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661:and published as number 403 in
580:Let us Thee, tho' lost, regain,
500:Born to raise the sons of earth
397:Offspring of the Virgin's Womb.
323:Join the Triumphs of the Skies;
316:Peace on Earth, and Mercy mild,
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698:hymn of the annual service of
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652:Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
582:Thee, the Life, the Inner Man:
549:Come, Desire of Nations, come,
523:Come, Desire of Nations, come,
502:Born to give them second birth
490:Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
477:Born that Men no more may die;
468:Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
455:Born—that Man no more may die,
446:Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
346:With the angelic host proclaim
338:Peace on earth and mercy mild,
301:Join the Triumph of the Skies,
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894:Hymns and Carols of Christmas
595:Stamp thy Image in its Place;
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532:Now display thy saving Pow'r,
498:Born that man no more may die
419:Offspring of a Virgin's womb:
415:Christ, the everlasting Lord,
395:Late in Time behold-him come,
371:Offspring of a Virgin's Womb.
369:Late in Time behold him come,
367:CHRIST, the Everlasting Lord,
348:"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
344:Join the triumph of the skies
290:HARK how all the Welkin rings
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943:"9. John and Charles Wesley"
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513:"Glory to the new-born king"
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393:Christ the everlasting Lord;
355:"Glory to the new-born king"
351:Hark! The herald-angels sing
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296:"GOD and Sinners reconcil'd!
292:"Glory to the King of Kings,
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1232:"In das Warten dieser Welt"
1150:Hark the Herald Angels Sing
1001:. Cambridge: J. Archdeacon.
978:Whitefield, George (1754).
599:Work it in us by thy Love.
593:Adam's Likeness now efface,
434:"Glory to the newborn King"
342:Joyful all ye nations rise,
340:God and sinners reconciled"
336:"Glory to the newborn king;
321:Joyful all ye Nations rise,
318:God and Sinners reconcil'd.
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299:Joyful all ye Nations rise,
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525:Fix in Us thy humble Home,
475:Mild he lays his Glory by,
453:Mild he lays his Glory by,
327:Who is born at Bethlehem.
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1202:"Nine Lessons and Carols"
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791:Music and the Higher Life
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659:Great Four Anglican Hymns
584:O! to All Thyself impart,
577:Reinstate us in thy Love.
567:s Likeness, LORD, efface,
496:Mild He lays His glory by
406:Jesus our Emmanuel here.
402:Hail th' incarnate Deity!
376:Hail th' Incarnate Deity!
275:George Whitefield (1758)
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1014:"Hymn for Christmas-Day"
867:Bethany Lutheran College
810:List of Christmas carols
804:Tochter Zion, freue dich
678:last verse harmonisation
423:Hail the incarnate Deity
268:"Hymn for Christmas-Day"
47:Worship of the Shepherds
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237:Hymns and Sacred Poems.
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427:Jesus, our Emmanuel
217:William H. Cummings
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124:William H. Cummings
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