The phrase "The angels" resonates through 17 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
The angels
...Like Jacob in his Bethel rest,
The angels are looking on me;
They watch my pillow—I am blest,...
Like Jacob in his Bethel rest,
The angels are looking on me;
They watch my pillow—I am blest,
...My soul, on their wings, shall be wafted on high.
The angels are coming for me,
The angels are coming for me;...
My soul, on their wings, shall be wafted on high.
The angels are coming for me,
The angels are coming for me;
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What is the song the angels sing?
Sweetly sing, gladly sing;...
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What is the song the angels sing?
Sweetly sing, gladly sing;
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What is the song the angels sing?
Sweetly sing, gladly sing;...
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What is the song the angels sing?
Sweetly sing, gladly sing;
...And the saved are free from care,
Over where the angels sing.
We will join the glad united band,...
And the saved are free from care,
Over where the angels sing.
We will join the glad united band,
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Hark the angels’ song,
Hark the angels’ song,...
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Hark the angels’ song,
Hark the angels’ song,
...To welcome me, to welcome me,
The angels stand to welcome me.
My heart is sad, deep sorrows roll,...
To welcome me, to welcome me,
The angels stand to welcome me.
My heart is sad, deep sorrows roll,
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Look, dear father, see the angels,
As around me now they glide!...
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Look, dear father, see the angels,
As around me now they glide!
...Every girl and every boy,
Why the angels sang for joy
On the Christmas morning,...
Every girl and every boy,
Why the angels sang for joy
On the Christmas morning,
...When my work on earth is ended,
Will the angels come for me?
Will they bear me on their pinions...
When my work on earth is ended,
Will the angels come for me?
Will they bear me on their pinions
...When our sins are borne away?
Praise Him—with the angels vie—
Glory be to God on high!...
When our sins are borne away?
Praise Him—with the angels vie—
Glory be to God on high!
...Gentle shepherd, gentle shepherd,
O tell me what the angels sang
In the early Christmas morn....
Gentle shepherd, gentle shepherd,
O tell me what the angels sang
In the early Christmas morn.
...The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come...
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come
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Is there joy among the angels,
In the courts of endless day,...
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Is there joy among the angels,
In the courts of endless day,
...Every girl and every boy,
Why the angels sing for joy,
On the Christmas morning....
Every girl and every boy,
Why the angels sing for joy,
On the Christmas morning.
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Is there joy among the angels,
In the courts of endless day,...
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Is there joy among the angels,
In the courts of endless day,
...In the lonely midnight on the wintry hill,
Shepherds heard the angels singing, Peace, good will.
Listen, O ye weary, to the angels’ song,...
In the lonely midnight on the wintry hill,
Shepherds heard the angels singing, Peace, good will.
Listen, O ye weary, to the angels’ song,
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