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A Great and Mighty Wonder

Words and music by Germanus of Constantinople · tr. John Mason Neale · 1862

Key of F · 100 BPM · 4/4 · Angels,Art and Music,Atonement · 1Tim 3:16

Verse 1

A great and mighty wonder, a full and holy cure:
The virgin bears the Infant with virgin honor pure!

Verse 2

The Word becomes incarnate and yet remains on high,
And cherubim sing anthems to shepherds from the sky.

Verse 3

While thus they sing your Monarch, those bright angelic bands,
Rejoice, ye vales and mountains, ye oceans, clap your hands.

Verse 4

Since all He comes to ransom, by all be He adored,
The Infant born in Bethl'em, the Savior and the Lord.

Verse 5

And idol forms shall perish, and error shall decay,
And Christ shall wield His scepter, our Lord and God for aye.

Chorus

Repeat the hymn again: "To God on high be glory And peace on earth to men!"

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