How glorious the message

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How glorious the message the people have heard,
Everlastingly uttered as God's own true Word;
The eternal intention of God Three-in-One
Has come down among us as Lamb and as Son.

How glorious the message, told down from the height:
So sweet in its nature when first shone that light;
For Christ had been promised, as God had foreknown;
In the midst of this dark plot, His beams boldly shone.

How glorious the message, for ever and aye:
A Saviour is with us, amongst us to stay;
He lay in a manger, fulfilment of love;
From the enemy saving so surely did move.

Words ('Nach glòrmhor an naidheachd') by Iain Mac-a'-Ghobhainn, translated by Kenneth MacKinnon © 1994.
Music (tune: 'Muirneag') traditional, arranged by Paul McDowell © 1994.

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