Thursday, December 6, 2018

Christmas Eve hymn: Great, great joy!

“Great, great joy!” the angels sing their song.
“For you is born a Savior holy; yet he rests in manger lowly.”
“Great, great joy!” the angels sing their song.

“Peace on earth,” the heavenly choir sings on,
“For now our God who reigns on high in this child has come down nigh.”
“Peace on earth,” the heavenly choir sings on.

Hope is born, this night in Bethlehem.
The star leads on and calls us ever to One who forsakes us never.
Hope is born, this night in Bethlehem.


TEXT: Charles Spence Freeman, December 2018 (after liturgy by Anna Traynham)
MUSIC: Tune STILL, STILL, STILL, Austrian Carol
            (“Still, Still, Still”)




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