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Agapetos
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Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 10:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Silent night, Holy night
Christ is here, all is light
Shadows of the past are gone
With the advent of our son
Born to save us all
Born to save us all"

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I saw this verse from an alternate translation of Silent Night (by G.B. Timms) in a book about hymns two days ago in a Christian bookstore, and I thought I'd share it. :-) Blessings!
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Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 10:10 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's a beautiful verse, Ramone.

Colleen
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Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 10:18 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks so much for sharing that Ramone. It's a great version.

As a SDA I sang Hark the Herald Angels Sing so many times, but it wasn't until a few years ago that I truely "heard" the words I had sung for so many years.

"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 th' angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!

Christ, by highest heav'n adored:
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of the favored one.
Veil'd in flesh, the Godhead see;
Hail, th'incarnate Deity:
Pleased, as man, with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!

Hail! the heav'n-born Prince of peace!
Hail! the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die:
Born to raise the son of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
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Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 6:30 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey I'm getting in the Christmas spirit! My favorite time of year :-)

You are right, it's awesome to really listen to the meaning of these beautiful songs. I love the old classics the best, but I really love "Mary did you know" that is more recent. It gives me chills!
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Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 7:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Strange, I always sang the second verse of "Hark" as "Offspring of the virgin's womb." I wonder which version is the original? My favorite Christmas song btw is "Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel."

Festively,
Hannah
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Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 6:52 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi Hannah,

About "Hark"... yes, I haven't seen the "favored one" version before, either. Cyberhymnal has the popular version as well as the original lyrics that Charles Wesley wrote for the song. The popular version is slightly altered (what is the "welkin"??) to fit the music by Felix Mendelssohn (arranged by William H. Cummings). The words "heaven-born Prince of peace" also seem missing from the popular version, but I always remember singing them. Oh well. Tinkerings happen!

The popular version:

quote:

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 th'angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"

Christ, by highest Heav'n adored;
Christ the everlasting Lord;
Late in time, behold Him come,
Offspring of a virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
Hail th'incarnate Deity,
Pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
Jesus our Emmanuel.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"

Hail the heav'nly Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Ris'n with healing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die.
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"

Come, Desire of nations, come,
Fix in us Thy humble home;
Rise, the woman's conqu'ring Seed,
Bruise in us the serpent's head.
Now display Thy saving power,
Ruined nature now restore;
Now in mystic union join
Thine to ours, and ours to Thine.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"

Adam's likeness, Lord, efface,
Stamp Thine image in its place:
Second Adam from above,
Reinstate us in Thy love.
Let us Thee, though lost, regain,
Thee, the Life, the inner man:
O, to all Thyself impart,
Formed in each believing heart.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"


Wesley's original:

quote:

Hark, how all the welkin rings,
"Glory to the King of kings;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"

Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
Universal nature say,
"Christ the Lord is born to-day!"

Christ, by highest Heaven ador'd,
Christ, the everlasting Lord:
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of a Virgin's womb!

Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see,
Hail the incarnate deity!
Pleased as man with men to appear,
Jesus! Our Immanuel here!

Hail, the heavenly Prince of Peace!
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings.

Mild He lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die;
Born to raise the sons of earth;
Born to give them second birth.

Come, Desire of nations, come,
Fix in us thy humble home;
Rise, the woman's conquering seed,
Bruise in us the serpent's head.

Now display thy saving power,
Ruined nature now restore;
Now in mystic union join
Thine to ours, and ours to thine.

Adam's likeness, Lord, efface;
Stamp Thy image in its place.
Second Adam from above,
Reinstate us in thy love.

Let us Thee, though lost, regain,
Thee, the life, the inner Man:
O! to all thyself impart,
Formíd in each believing heart.


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Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 8:05 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Adam's likeness, Lord, efface;
Stamp Thy image in its place."

What beautiful words! Now, do SDAs actually believe that? I remember teaching that to the Junior class I taught shortly before I left the SDA church. The pastor's son was in the class. The pastor at that church was a conservative SDA and very much into Ellen White. I remember him sitting in watching me teach a couple times - maybe he was worried, but he never said anything against what I was teaching. If I used the lesson quarterly it was only to get the general topic and maybe some ideas for activities.

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