Day 24 ~ December Blessings: Generous Hope
How the song O Holy Night reflects to generous hope of Jesus.
O Holy Night
Author: Placide Cappeau (1847)
Translator: John Sullivan Dwight
Music: CANTIQUE DE NOEL
Stanza 1: O holy night, the stars are brightly shining;
it is the night of the dear Savior’s birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!
Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices!
O night divine! O night when Christ was born!
O night divine! O night, O night divine!
Stanza 2: Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,
with glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming,
there came the wise men from 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 is no stranger.
Behold your King; before Him lowly bend!
Behold your King; before Him lowly bend!
Stanza 3: Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother,
and in His name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
let all within us praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord! O praise His name forever!
His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim!
His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim!
* Source: hymnary.org
SCRIPTURES
* Romans 8:28 “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.”
* Colossians 3:10-11 “...having put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its Creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.”
* Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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