Scripture Verse

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14

Introduction

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T. Martin Towne (1835–1912)

Words: Mar­ga­rette W. Snod­grass, in Good Will, ed­it­ed by Mar­tin Towne & Jai­rus M. Stil­lman (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1878), page 1.

Music: T. Mar­tin Towne (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Snod­grass (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Good will to men, the an­gels sang,
Thro’ out the earth the ech­oes rang.
Good will to men from Hea­ven,
Good will to men from Hea­ven.

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Good will (good will),
Good will (good will),
Good will to men from Hea­ven;
Good will (good will),
Good will (good will),
Good will to men from Hea­ven.

Such gift of joy, no heart must keep,
Broadcast the seed, if thou wouldst reap
The har­vest in re­joic­ing,
The har­vest in re­joic­ing.

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Ring out good will from day to day,
To toil­ing pil­grims by the way,
And speed them on their jour­ney,
And speed them on their jour­ney.

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The hearts that fill will ov­er­flow,
And scat­ter joy wher­ev­er they go.
Good will and glad­some greet­ing,
Good will and glad­some greet­ing.

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And when, at last, the jour­ney done,
The dan­ger past, the vic­to­ry won,
We’ll join the an­gel chor­us,
We join the an­gel chor­us.

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