Angels from the Realms of Glory

Angels from the Realms of Glory
"Madonna with child and angels" by Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
Genre	Hymn
Written	1816
Text	James Montgomery
Based on	Luke 2:10
Meter	8.7.8.7.8.7
Melody	"Regent Square" by Henry Smart "Les anges dans nos campagnes" (French traditional)

Angels from the Realms of Glory

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"Angels from the Realms of Glory" is a Christmas carol written by Scottish poet and hymnwriter James Montgomery.^[1] It was first printed in the Sheffield Iris on Christmas Eve 1816, though it only began to be sung in churches after its 1825 reprinting in the Montgomery collection The Christian Psalmist and in the Religious Tract Society's The Christmas Box or New Year's Gift.^[1]