by Erin Webmaster | Dec 9, 2016 | Devotions
Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse’s lineage coming As men of old have sung. It came, a flower bright, Amid the cold of winter When half-spent was the night. This German carol, which was fully written in the sixteenth...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 8, 2016 | Devotions
Joy to the world! The Lord is come. Let earth receive her King Let every heart Prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven and heaven and nature sing This hymn is not really a Christmas carol at all. It was written by Isaac Watts,...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 7, 2016 | Devotions
In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago. This is one of my favorite Christmas carols because the lyrics remind me of the bleak and dark...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 6, 2016 | Devotions
Hark! The herald angels sing “Glory to the newborn King Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful, all ye nations rise; Join the triumph of the skies; With angelic host proclaim “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Hark! The herald angels sing...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 5, 2016 | Devotions
Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o’er all the Earth; Ye who sang Creation’s story Now proclaim Messiah’s Birth: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King. The writer of today’s hymn, James Montgomery, was born in Irvine,...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 3, 2016 | Devotions
People, look East. The time is near Of the crowning of the year. Make your house fair as you are able, Trim the hearth and set the table. People, look east and sing today: Love, the guest, is on the way. Today’s hymn was written by Eleanor Farjeon, who was also the...
