If angels sung a Savior's birth

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If angels sung a Savior's birth

Author: Anonymous (1803)
Tune: MILFORD (Stephenson)
Published in 7 hymnals

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1 If angels sang our Savior’s birth,
On that most blessèd morn,
Then let us imitate their mirth,
Now He again is born.

Refrain:
Surrexit Christus hodie,
Surrexit pro nobis;
Surrexit Christus hodie,
Gloria, Jesu Domino!

2 Grieve not, vain man, who mortal art,
That thou to earth must fall;
It was His portion, ’twas His part
Of Him who made us all. [Refrain]

3 Himself He humbled to the grave,
Made flesh like us to show,
That we as certainly shall have,
A resurrection too. [Refrain]

4 Then with perpetual hymns let Christ,
Who from the dead was raised,
With Father and the Holy Ghost,
Eternally be praised. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #10683

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Author: Anonymous

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Text Information

First Line:	If angels sung a Savior's birth
Author:	Anonymous (1803)
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Source:	Arnold's The Compleat Psalmodist, 1779
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain