by Erin Webmaster | Dec 19, 2016 | Devotions
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by Yet in thy dark streets shineth, the everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. The author of this hymn, Philips...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 19, 2016 | Devotions
Infant holy, infant lowly For His bed a cattle stall Oxen lowing, little knowing Christ, the babe is Lord of all One of the things I enjoy about Christmas carols is learning about where they originate. Christianity is a worldwide religion of about two and a half...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 16, 2016 | Devotions
Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and ev’rywhere; Go tell it on the mountain, That Jesus Christ is born. This African-American carol had been sung for generations before John Work wrote several stanzas to it in 1907. He was a graduate of Fisk University, a...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 15, 2016 | Devotions
Once in royal David’s city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her baby, In a manger for His bed, Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child. This hymn was written by Cecil Frances Alexander, who was born in Dublin, Ireland. She wrote many...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 14, 2016 | Devotions
While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around, And glory shone around. With every new century, there comes a great enthusiasm for creating something new or modifying something old into...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 13, 2016 | Devotions
What child is this, who, laid to rest On Mary’s lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing; Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The babe, the son of Mary....
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 12, 2016 | Devotions
The First Noel the angel did say Was to certain poor shepherds In fields where they lay; In fields where they lay, keeping their sheep, On a cold winter’s night that was so deep. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, Born is the King of Israel. The origins of this popular...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 12, 2016 | Devotions
Still, still, still One can hear the falling snow. For all is hushed, The world is sleeping, Holy Star its vigil keeping. Still, still, still, One can hear the falling snow. This is a beautiful Nativity carol which is sung as a lullaby to the baby Jesus by Mary. It...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 12, 2016 | Devotions
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. Because this hymn was first sung in Latin...
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...
