A Closer Look At The Song, "Angels From The Realms Of Glory."
John Montgomery had a burden for world evangelism. He was a pastor in Scotland, but he and his wife felt God’s call to be missionaries to the island of Barbados. Tearfully placing their six-year-old son James, in a Moravian settlement in Bracehill near Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, they sailed away. James never saw them again, for they perished in Barbados.
Left with nothing, James was enrolled in a school in England. He spent his teenage years drifting from pillar to post, writing poetry and trying his hand at one thing then another. He eventually settled down in Sheffield, England. In his early twenties, James began working for the local newspaper, the Sheffield Register, and there he found his niche. He loved writing.
Despite the loss of his parents, James Montgomery remained devoted to Christ and to the Scriptures, and he championed the cause of foreign missions and of the British Bible Society.
As the years passed, he became the most respected leader in Sheffield, and his writings were eagerly read by its citizens. Early on Christmas Eve, 1816, James, 45, opened his Bible to Luke 2, and was deeply impressed by verse 13. Pondering the story of the heralding angels, he took his pen and started writing. By the end of the day, his new Christmas poem was being read in the pages of his newspaper. It was later set to music and was first sung on Christmas Day, 1821.
Angles From The Realms Of Glory
Angles from the realms of glory, wing your flights o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story, now proclaim Messiah’s birth;
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ the newborn King.
Shepherds in the fields abiding, watching o’er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing, yonder shines the infant Light;
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ the newborn King.
Sages, leave your contemplation, brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations, ye have seen His natal star;
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ the newborn King.
Though an infant now we view Him, He will share his Father’s throne,
Gather all the nations to Him; Every knew shall then bow down.
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ the newborn King.
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