OF GOOD REPORT ...

"Of good report", "of virtue" and "of praise":

Shepherds and angels proclaimed the holy Babe;

Evangelists were fervent to dilate

The good report of God come down in grace;

While now the Spirit rejoices to acclaim

Jesus the Lord in His exalted place.

Come to the world which His own hand had made

His virtue flowed even to where men lay

Weaker than weakness huddled within the grave.

Now virtue flows from Christ in majesty

Causing enlightened souls to celebrate

The Man by whom all men shall be amazed.