Gabriel's Message Does Away
1. Gabriel's message does away
Satan's curse and Satan's sway,
out of darkness brings our Day:
Satan's curse and Satan's sway,
out of darkness brings our Day:
Chorus:
So, behold,
All the gates of heaven unfold.
2. He that comes despised shall reign;
he that cannot die, be slain;
death by death its death shall gain: Chorus
he that cannot die, be slain;
death by death its death shall gain: Chorus
3. Weakness shall the strong confound;
by the hands, in grave clothes wound,
Adam's chains shall be unbound. Chorus
by the hands, in grave clothes wound,
Adam's chains shall be unbound. Chorus
4. By the sword that was his own,
by that sword, and that alone,
shall Goliath be o'erthrown: Chorus
by that sword, and that alone,
shall Goliath be o'erthrown: Chorus
5. Art by art shall be assailed;
to the cross shall Life be nailed;
from the grave shall hope be hailed: Chorus
to the cross shall Life be nailed;
from the grave shall hope be hailed: Chorus
Words:
Angelus Emittitur
from Piae Cantiones, 1582; translated by John Mason Neale
(1818-1866), in
Carols
for Christmas-tide
(London: Novello, 1853).
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