Originally known as Glad Tidings, this hymn was translated by Makua Laiana, an early missionary who arrived in Hawai'i in 1831 and spent the remainder of his life amongst the Hawaiian people. According to Hawaiian scholars, this passage was chosen to be sung at the first public worship of a Congregationalist church on April 23, 1820, and is a setting of the Nativity text from Luke 2. This lovely a cappella arrangement of the traditional hymn is a fitting tribute to the original.