As With Gladness Men of Old | Hark! the Herald Angels Sing arranged by M Ryan Taylor

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As With Gladness Men of Old
Words by Dix & Wesley
Music by Mendelssohn
Counterpoint by M Ryan Taylor

I’ve place the words to Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, which is more often used with this tune, under the words to As With Gladness Men of Old for your choice. It can be sung with either.

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As with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold;
As with joy they hailed it’s light,
Leading onward beaming bright;
As with joyful steps they sped
To the lowly manger bed,
There to bend the knee before
Him whom heav’n and earth adore;
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek Thy mercy seat.

As they offered gifts most rare
At that manger rude and bare;
So may we with holy joy
Pure, and free from sin’s alloy,
All our finest talents bring,
Christ, to Thee, our Savior King,
And, when earthly things are passed,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds Thy glory hide.