High let us swell our tuneful notes

High let us swell our tuneful notes. Philip Doddridge* (1702-1751). First published in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, the posthumous collection of Doddridge’s hymns edited by his friend Job Orton (1755). It was headed ‘The Angels Song at Christ’s Birth. Luke ii. 13, 14.’ It had five 4-line stanzas: High let us swell our tuneful Notes,  And join th’angelic Throng;For Angels no such Love have known  T’awake a chearful Song. Good-Will to sinful Men is shewn,  And Peace on Earth is giv’n;For lo, th’incarnate Saviour comes  With Messages from Heav’n. Justice and Grace with sweet Accord  His rising Beams adorn;Let Heav’n and Earth in Consort join,  Now such a Child is...