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Peace on earth, and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled.

Hymns and Sacred Poems "Hymn for Christmas-Day" (1739). GeorgeWhitefield, in A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship (1753), altered Wesley's first two lines to "Hark! The Herald Angels sing / Glory to the new-born King!"
Peace on earth, and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled.