Bright and joyful is the morn

Bright and joyful is the morn

Author: James Montgomery
Tune: ALCESTER
Published in 72 hymnals

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Bright and joyful is the morn,
For to us a child is born;
From the highest realms of heaven
Unto us a Son is given,

On His shoulder He shall bear
Power and majesty, and wear
On His vesture and His thigh
Names most awful, names most high.

Wonderful in counsel, He,
The incarnate Deity,
Sire of ages ne'er to cease,
King of kings, and Prince of Peace.

Come and worship at His feet,
Yield to Christ the homage meet;
From His manger to His throne,
Homage due to God alone.

Sacred Poems and Hymns, 1854

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Author: James Montgomery

Montgomery, James, son of John Montgomery, a Moravian minister, was born at Irvine, Ayrshire, Nov. 4, 1771. In 1776 he removed with his parents to the Moravian Settlement at Gracehill, near Ballymena, county of Antrim. Two years after he was sent to the Fulneck Seminary, Yorkshire. He left Fulneck in 1787, and entered a retail shop at Mirfield, near Wakefield. Soon tiring of that he entered upon a similar situation at Wath, near Rotherham, only to find it quite as unsuitable to his taste as the former. A journey to London, with the hope of finding a publisher for his youthful poems ended in failure; and in 1792 he was glad to leave Wath for Shefield to join Mr. Gales, an auctioneer, bookseller, and printer of the Sheffield Register newspap… Go to person page >

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First Line: Bright and joyful is the morn
Author: James Montgomery
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
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Notes

Bright and joyful is the morn. J. Montgomery. [Christmas.] This popular hymn was contributed to the 8th edition of Cotterill's Selection, 1819, No. 213, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and repeated in Montgomery's Christian Psalmist, 1825, No. 489, and his Original Hymns, 1853, No. 17. Its use is somewhat extensive, both in Great Britain and America. The original text is usually given; but sometimes stanza iii., line 2, reads, “Christ, th’Incarnate Deity," for "The Incarnate Deity." It is sometimes dated 1825, in error.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Church Hymn Book: for the use of congregations of the United Church of England and Ireland #16Image
A Collection of Hymns #69Image
A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: with the music of Mason's Sacred Harp and Missouri Harmony adapted #316Image
A Liturgy and Hymns for Church Sunday Schools #28Image
A New Service and Tune Book for Sunday Schools. New ed. #d10
A Treasury of Hymns, the Best-Loved Hymns, Carols ... #d31
Anglican Hymn Book #44
Christian Hymn and Tune Book, for use in Churches, and for Social and Family Devotions #66Image
Church and University Hymns #d23
Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d147
Church Psalmody: a Collection of Psalms and Hymns adapted to public worship #H84Image
Church Psalmody: a Collection of Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship #84Image
Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d96
David's Harp: or the Boston Sabbath school song book, containing a variety of pleasing tunes in all the various metres; also hymns, anthems, and chants...(2nd Rev. Ed.) #148Image
Gloria in Excelsis #d72
Hallowed Songs #d39
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #62Image
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #62Image
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #120Image
Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #120Image
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #191Image
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #191Image
Hymns and Offices of Worship: for use in schools: with an appendix of tunes #37Image
Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #154Image
Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #154Image
Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #171Image
Hymns for Church and Home #70Image
Hymns for Public Worship in the Diocese of Fredericton. 2nd ed. #d21
Hymns for Social Worship, Compiled for the Use of Canadian Baptist Churches #d35
Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship: with tunes #220Image
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #120Image
Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d44
Hymns of Worship: Designed for Use Especially in the Lecture Room, the Prayer Meeting and the Family #154Image
In Excelsis: hymns with tunes for Christian worship #182Image
Life-Time Hymns #87Image
Manual of Christian Psalmody: a collection of psalms and hymns for public worship #84Image
Melodies of the Church: a collection of psalms and hymns adapted to publick and social worship, seasons of revival, monthly concerts of prayer, and various similar occasions... #d142
New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #86Image
New Hymn and Tune book: an Offering of Praise for the Methodist Episcopal Church #323eImage
New Hymn and Tune Book: an Offering of Praise for the Use of the African M. E. Zion Church of America #323eImage
New Service and Tune Book for Sunday School #d10
Offices of Worship and Hymns: principally for use in schools. with an appendix of tunes (2nd and rev. ed.) #37Image
Offices of Worship and Hymns: with tunes, 3rd ed., revised and enlarged #61Image
Our New Hymnal #440Image
Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs: a manual of worship for the church of Christ #465Image
Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (14th stereotype ed.) #35Image
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: original and selected (5th ed.) #B35Image
Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (7th ed.) #P54Image
Sacred Poems and Hymns #17Text
Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy, a selection of spiritual songs, old and new #9Image
The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #d68
The Academic Hymnal #222Image
The American Hymn and Tune Book #d74
The Chapel hymn book, with tunes: for the worship of God #200Image
The Christian Hymn Book: a compilation of psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, original and selected (Rev. and enl.) #127Image
The Christian hymnal: a collection of hymns and tunes for congregational and social worship; in two parts (Rev.) #123Image
The Christian Hymnist #d67
The Church Hymn Book #d124
The Church Hymnary: a collection of hymns and tunes for public worship #186Image
The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs": for public, social and family worship and private devotions at the Sanitarium, Clifton Springs, N. Y. #55Image
The Congregational Hymn Book: for the service of the sanctuary #148Image
The Heart and Voice: or, Songs of Praise for the Sanctuary: hymn and tune book, designed for congregational singing in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for congregations generally #293dImage
The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #69Image
The Liturgy and the Office of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #61Image
The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d49
The New Hymnary: a collection of hymns and tunes for Sunday Schools #85Image
The St. Cecilia Hymnal. 4th ed. #d18
The Sunday School Service and Tune Book #12Image
The Temple Harp #d43
The Wesleyan Sacred Harp: a collection of choice tunes and hymns for prayer class and camp meetings, choirs and congregational singing #163aImage
The Wesleyan Sacred Harp: a collection of choice tunes and hymns for prayer class, and camp meetings, choirs, and congregational singing #163aImage
Vestry Songs #d18
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