ANGELIC ANSWER
Please click here to listen to Episode 053 of the HymnPreaching Podcast by the hymn, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel by Thomas Helmore
(...as the men of old faithfully and patiently awaited the advent of the Messiah, …I ask you, the Holy Spirit urges you to patiently, and with joyful assurance await the intervention of Emmanuel in your life and in your affairs…)
1 O come, O come, Immanuel,
and ransom captive Israel
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel
shall come to you, O Israel.
2 O come, O Wisdom from on high,
who ordered all things mightily;
to us the path of knowledge show
and teach us in its ways to go. Refrain
3 O come, O come, great Lord of might,
who to your tribes on Sinai's height
in ancient times did give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe. Refrain
4 O come, O Branch of Jesse's stem,
unto your own and rescue them!
From depths of hell your people save,
and give them victory o'er the grave. Refrain
5 O come, O Key of David, come
and open wide our heavenly home.
Make safe for us the heavenward road
and bar the way to death's abode. Refrain
6 O come, O Bright and Morning Star,
and bring us comfort from afar!
Dispel the shadows of the night
and turn our darkness into light. Refrain
7 O come, O King of nations, bind
in one the hearts of all mankind.
Bid all our sad divisions cease
and be yourself our King of Peace. Refrain
Credits:
**Narration written and read by Olufemi Oguntokun
**Continuity Announcer: Bolanle Babalola
**Renditions:
=="O come, O come, Emmanuel - (Piano/Cello) - The Piano Guys” published by ThePianoGuys on youtube.com on 4 Dec 2012
== “Carols from King's 2016 | #7 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge” published by CHOR GESANG - Das Musikmagazin on youtube.com on 27 Dec 2016
==”O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Traditional Choir” published by Megan Smith on youtube.com on 13 Nov 2012
