The Hymnal 1982 ‎#270

270. Gabriel's message does away

1. Gabriel's message does away
Satan's curse and Satan's sway,
out of darkness brings our Day:

Refrain:
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: [Refrain]

3. Weakness shall the strong confound;
by the hands, in grave clothes wound,
Adam's chains shall be unbound. [Refrain]

4. Art by art shall be assailed;
to the cross shall Life be nailed;
from the grave shall hope be hailed: [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Gabriel's message does away
• Translator: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
• Refrain First Line: so, behold, all the gates of heaven unfold
• Meter: 777 with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Holy Days and Various Occasions: The Annunciation (March 25)
• Source: Piae Cantiones, 1582

Tune Information

• Name: ANGELUS EMITTITUR
• Harmonizer: Richard Runciman Terry, 1865-1938
• Meter: 777 with Refrain
• Key: c minor
• Copyright: Copyright © 1961, B. Feldman & Co. Ltd., trading as H. Freeman & Co. Reproduced by permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd., 138-140 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H OLD, England