Seize the Moment – Day 256

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28
Nov '20

Seize the Moment – Day 256

Posted on Nov 28, 2020 by Ken Durham in Devotions, General |

28
Nov '20

Christmas Hymn: “O Come, All Ye Faithful”

 
When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” (ESV)

 

Tomorrow begins the Advent Season, so we will focus on the hymns of Christmas in the upcoming weeks.

 

John Francis Wade fled England because of the Jacobean rebellion. As a refugee, he needed to find a way to make a living. He started teaching music and copying music and hymns for private use, since everything had to be scripted by hand. He took the Latin text of Adeste Fideles and put it to music and published it in 1743. It quickly became prominent Christmas hymn of the Roman Catholic church, being brought back to England from France as English Catholics returned.

 

An Anglican minister named Rev. Frederick Oakeley, came across Wade’s Christmas carol while he was preaching at Margaret Street Chapel in London. In 1845, Oakeley translated the song to O Come, all Ye Faithful, Joyful and Triumphant!

 

Both of these men had a deep love for Christmas and for hymns, and though they lived a hundred years apart, they both wanted to proclaim the message to everyone…Come, joyful and triumphant, and the adore Him born the king of angels!

 

Decide today that you are going to WAKE UP every morning during this advent season and be determined to share the joy of the season and the message of love that came to us over 2000 years ago!

 

 

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O Come, All Ye Faithful

 

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;


Refrain: O come, let us adore him, O come,
let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
 
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; O
sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! Glory
to God, all glory in the highest.
Refrain.
 

Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy
morning, Jesus, to thee be all glory given.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing.
Refrain.

 
 

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