Excerpt from In Excelsis Gloria: Carols for Christmastide for Church Choirs and the Home Circle The Editor thanks the Rev. R. R. Chope for permission to use Carols Nos. 2, 9, 13, and 16, of which he owns the copyright; the Ven. Archdeacon Farrar for the words of No. 17; the Rev. S. Childs Clarke for those of Nos. 12, 18, and 24; and Messrs. Cassell Co. For the words of Nos. 21 and 22, by Miss Goddard. While we adore His boundless grace, And pious joy and mirth take place Of sorrow, grief, and pain, Give glory to our god on high, And not among the general joy Forget good-will to men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.