...sing ". It is a hymn which is the justification of hymn menders. It has been undoubtedly improved : Hark how all the welkin rings Glory to the King of Kings. And again: Pleased as man with man t'appear Jesus our Immanuel here. Again, four very inferior stanzas...

...proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem," but how many realise that Charles Wesley originally wrote : Hark, how all the welkin rings ! Glory to the King of Kings ! and : Universal nature say " Christ the Lord is born to-day." ? Wesley culminated his beautiful hymn...

...Take, for instance, Wesley's best known Christmas hymn, the first lines of which were written, — Hark, how all the welkin rings, " Glory to the king of kings; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled! " Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the...