Every year we sing numerous Christmas carols from our hymnal at church. But often our hymnal only has a few select verses included. So this week I want to feature some forgotten verses from some of our favorite Christmas carols. Here is the first:
Sinners, wrung with true repentance,
Doomed for guilt to endless pains,
Justice now revokes the sentence,
Mercy calls you; break your chains.
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn king.
Though an Infant now we view Him,
He shall fill His Father’s throne,
Gather all the nations to Him;
Every knee shall then bow down:
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn king.
All creation, join in praising
God, the Father, Spirit, Son,
Evermore your voices raising
To th’eternal Three in One.
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn king.
“Angels From the Realms of Glory”
James Montgomery
Written 1816-1825
As found in the Cyber Hymnal
Brian J. Mikul 
Excellent choice, and I like the topic. I was just reading the complete version of Longfellow’s “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” today, and of course the original poem used for Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is quite different from the newer setting by Henry van Dyke “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee”. That happens typically when hymns go from another language to English.