Adeste Fideles, Called “The Portuguese Chapel Hymn.”

HASTEN, ye faithful, glad, joyful, and holy,

Speed ye to Bethlem to honour the Word;

See there the King of angels is born lowly—

Oh, come and kneel before him;

Oh, come and all adore him;

Oh come, oh come, rejoicing to honour the Lord.

God of the Godhead, true Light unabated,

Mary the Virgin has borne the Adored;

True God eternal, begot, uncreated—

Oh, come and kneel before him;

Oh, come and all adore him;

Oh come, oh come, rejoicing to honour the Lord.

Sing, all ye angels, till echoes rebounding

Swell through your halls, for ever be heard;

‘Glory to God,’ through all heaven resounding—

Oh, come and kneel before him;

Oh, come and all adore him;

Oh come, oh come, rejoicing to honour the Lord.

Praise to the Infant, who this day descended;

Glory to thee, blessed Jesus adored;

Word, in whom two natures join, yet unblended—

Oh, come and kneel before him;

Oh, come and all adore him;

Oh come, oh come, rejoicing to honour the Lord.