I think some of the best verses from Christmas carols are most often the ones that are omitted to save time! (Or, in the secular world, to gloss over the true meaning; but that's a topic for another day.) In order to pay due respect to many of these verses, I'm going to share them tonight. Here we go, some of my favorite "mystery" verses from some of my favorite Christmas carols. Pay attention to the last one. It's a DOOZY!
O' Holy Night
Led by the light of Faith
Serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts
By His cradle we stand.
O'er the world a star is sweetly gleaming,
Now come the wise men from the Orient land. The King of Kings lay thus
In lowly manger,
In all our trials
Born to be our Friend!
He knows our need,
To our weakness no stranger;
Behold your King!
Before the lowly bend!
Behold your King! your King!
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O' Holy Night
Led by the light of Faith
Serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts
By His cradle we stand.
O'er the world a star is sweetly gleaming,
Now come the wise men from the Orient land. The King of Kings lay thus
In lowly manger,
In all our trials
Born to be our Friend!
He knows our need,
To our weakness no stranger;
Behold your King!
Before the lowly bend!
Behold your King! your King!
accessed on 12/11/13 at http://www.carols.org.uk/ba32-o-holy-night.htm
Silent Night
Silent night, Holy night
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord at thy birth,
Jesus, Lord at thy birth!
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord at thy birth,
Jesus, Lord at thy birth!
accessed on 12/11/13 at http://gcarlmoore.com/2013/12/06/loves-pure-light/
Joy to the World
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
accessed on 12/11/13 at http://www.carols.org.uk/ba27-joy-to-the-world.htm
What Child is This?
Nails, spear, shall pierce Him through,
The Cross be borne, for me and you:
Hail, hail the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
The Cross be borne, for me and you:
Hail, hail the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
accessed on 12/11/13 at http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/andrea+bocelli/what+child+is+this_20893161.html
Good Christian Men, Rejoice!
Good Christian men, rejoice
With heart, and soul, and voice;
Now ye need not fear the grave:
(Peace! Peace!)
Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one, and calls you all,
To gain His everlasting hall:
Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save!
With heart, and soul, and voice;
Now ye need not fear the grave:
(Peace! Peace!)
Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one, and calls you all,
To gain His everlasting hall:
Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save!
accessed on 12/11/13 at http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/good_christian_men_rejoice.htm
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!
Fix in us Thy humble home;
Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring Seed,
Bruise in us the serpent’s head.
Now display Thy saving power,
Ruined nature now restore;
Now in mystic union join
Thine to ours, and ours to Thine.
Stamp Thine image in its place:
Second Adam from above,
Reinstate us in Thy love.
Let us Thee, though lost, regain,
Thee, the Life, the inner man:
O, to all Thyself impart,
Formed in each believing heart.
accessed on 12/11/13 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/h/h/a/hhangels.htm
I mean, come on...how awesome are those two verses from "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing?" Those lines are straight out of Genesis and Romans. I was overwhelmed when I found them, and wish so much that we included them more in our typical and contemporary "renditions". The Word of God is so powerful, that if we sang it more frequently, it would have life-altering power.
Adam's likeness, Lord, efface, Stamp Thine image in its place~second Adam from above, Reinstate us in Thy love.
Yes, Lord, yes.
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