Gloria a Dios en las alturas

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1 ¡Gloria a Dios en las alturas!
pues mostró su gran amor,
dando a humanas criaturas
un potente Salvador.
Con los himnos de los santos
hagan coro nuestros cantos
de alabanza y gratitud
por la divinal salud;
y digamos a una voz:
¡En los cielos gloria a Dios!

2 ¡Gloria a Dios! la tierra cante
al gozar de su bondad,
pues le brinda paz constante
en su buena voluntad.
Todo pueblo y lenguas todas
al Excelso eleven odas,
gratos himnos a Emmanuel,
el Ungido de Israel;
y prorrumpan a una voz:
¡En los cielos gloria a Dios!

3 ¡Gloria a Dios! la iglesia entona
libre de su esclavitud,
por Jesús, que es su corona,
su cabeza y plenitud.
Vigilante siempre vive,
a la lucha se apercibe
mientras llega su solaz
en aquella eterna paz,
cuando exclame a una voz:
¡En los cielos gloria a Dios!

Source: El Himnario Presbiteriano #86

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Author: Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars

Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars was born in Benisa, Spain, April 23, 1837. He attended seminary in Valencia, studying Hebrew and Greek, and was ordained as a priest. He fled to Gibraltar in 1863 due to religious persecution where he abandoned Catholicism. He worked as a teacher and as a translator. One of the works he translated was E.H. Brown's work on the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican Church, which was his introduction to Protestantism. He was a leader of a Spanish Reformed Church in Gibraltar. He continued as a leader in this church when he returned to Spain after the government of Isabel II fell, but continued to face legal difficulties. He then organized the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church and was consecrated as bishop in 1894. He… Go to person page >

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First Line:	¡Gloria a Dios en las alturas! Que mostró su grande amor
Title:	Gloria a Dios en las alturas
Author:	Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7.7.7
Place of Origin:	Spain
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR (Elvey)

George J. Elvey (PHH 48) composed ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR as a setting for James Montgomery's text "Hark! The Song of Jubilee," with which it was published in Edward H. Thorne's Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1858). The tune has been associated with Alford's text since publication of the hymn in th…

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