When the Angels Sang.

HAVE we thought of the Angels singing,
And their message of love that night―
When the heavenly hosts were winging
Unto earth their obedient flight?
Have we thought of the golden glory ―
The glory of God on earth!
How the startled shepherds the story
First heard of the Saviour’s birth?
How the tender and glorious Angel
Brought joy to each shepherd heart;
For to them was the great evangel
To believe―to see―to impart.
And the people that heard it wondered
That God was in Christ on earth!
And Mary, His Mother, pondered,
And the shepherds returned with mirth―
And joyful their glad evangels
Arose to their God on high;
As they joined with the saints and the angels
Who had lately been seen so nigh!
And they went forth to give Him Glory
In lives that were all His own;
And to more and to more the sweet story
Again and again to make known.
And to you and to me it is given
To stand for the truth of His Word,
To join in the worship of Heaven
And to wait the return of our Lord.
Luke 2:8-218And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 18And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 21And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. (Luke 2:8‑21).
Violet E. Wills