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Author: Horace L. Hastings Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Glad was the message, and joyous the strain Lyrics: 1 Glad was the message, and joyous the strain, Brought to the shepherds on Bethlehem’s plain; Chanted by angels who came from above Bearing glad tidings of mercy and love; Bringing good news to the nations of earth, News of a Savior, whose glorious birth Gave to this sad world a message of peace, Bidding its woe and its warfare to cease. 2 Lo! in the manger the Savior is laid; Earth has no refuge, no place for His head; Sojourner, stranger, and wanderer here, Dark was His lot, and His pilgrimage drear; But in His mercy and kindness He came, Seeking to win us from sorrow and shame; Bidding the troubled to come and be blessed; Calling the way-worn and weary to rest. 3 Oh, may we ponder and keep in our mind God’s wondrous mercy in saving mankind; Sending His Son who, in seeking the lost, Lay in the manger and hung on the cross; Following Him, by His help and His grace, We shall be with Him and gaze on His face; Then with the ransomed and glorified throng, We shall adore Him with harp and with song. Used With Tune: NEWKIRK Text Sources: Songs of Pilgrimage (Boston: Scriptural Tract Repository, 1888)

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NEWKIRK

Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 65 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Abraham Dow Merrlll Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 17121 23212 12343 Used With Text: Glad Was The Message

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Glad Was The Message

Author: Horace L. Hastings Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9565 Meter: 10.10.10.10 D First Line: Glad was the message, and joyous the strain Lyrics: 1 Glad was the message, and joyous the strain, Brought to the shepherds on Bethlehem’s plain; Chanted by angels who came from above Bearing glad tidings of mercy and love; Bringing good news to the nations of earth, News of a Savior, whose glorious birth Gave to this sad world a message of peace, Bidding its woe and its warfare to cease. 2 Lo! in the manger the Savior is laid; Earth has no refuge, no place for His head; Sojourner, stranger, and wanderer here, Dark was His lot, and His pilgrimage drear; But in His mercy and kindness He came, Seeking to win us from sorrow and shame; Bidding the troubled to come and be blessed; Calling the way-worn and weary to rest. 3 Oh, may we ponder and keep in our mind God’s wondrous mercy in saving mankind; Sending His Son who, in seeking the lost, Lay in the manger and hung on the cross; Following Him, by His help and His grace, We shall be with Him and gaze on His face; Then with the ransomed and glorified throng, We shall adore Him with harp and with song. Languages: English Tune Title: NEWKIRK

Glad was the message, and joyous the strain

Hymnal: Songs of Pilgrimage #1380 (1888)

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H. L. Hastings

1831 - 1899 Person Name: Horace L. Hastings Author (attributed to) of "Glad Was The Message" in The Cyber Hymnal Hastings, Horace Lorenzo, was born at Blandford, Mass., Nov. 26, 1831; commenced writing hymns, and preaching, in his 17th year, and laboured as an evangelist in various parts of the U. S. In 1866 he established The Christian, a monthly paper, in which many of his hymns have appeared, and in 1865 the Scriptural Tract Repository in Boston. He published Social Hymns, Original and Selected, Boston, 1865; Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part i., 1880; and in August, 1886, the same completed, to tho extent of 1533 hymns, 450 of which are original and signed "H." The best known of these is "Shall we meet beyond the river," written in N. Y. city, 1858, and lately published as a leaflet in 14 stanzas of 8 lines. The text in Gospel Hymns and elsewhere consists of the 1st half of stanzas i., iv., xi. and ix. The Hastings Birthday Book, extracts from his prose writings, appeared 1886. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology