<P> `` Angels from the Realms of Glory '' is a Christmas carol written by Scottish poet James Montgomery . 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 . </P>
<P> `` Angels from the Realms of Glory '' is a Christmas carol written by Scottish poet James Montgomery . 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 . </P>
who wrote angels from the realms of glory
who wrote angels from the realms of glory
Scottish poet James Montgomery
Scottish poet James Montgomery