Seize the Moment – Day 634

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11
Dec '21

Seize the Moment – Day 634

Posted on Dec 11, 2021 by Ken Durham in Devotions, General |

11
Dec '21

Today’s Advent hymn focus will be

Go, Tell It on the Mountain

 
“Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the habitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise in the coastlands.”
 

John W. Work II is accredited for helping to make this traditional spiritual become a Christmas favorite. He was leading the Fisk Jubilee Singers, a college vocal ensemble that was sent out to raise funds for the struggling Fisk University. At first, the college students were reluctant to sing this and many other spirituals because they represented slavery and the dark past that they wanted to forget. But they soon recognized them for their sacredness and the religious worship that was a part of their parents’ lives. Through the encouragement of the University’s treasurer, they began to sing the spirituals in their concerts.

 

Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere

Go, tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born.

 

We need to wake up and realize that we need to recognize that our history is not what determines our future. When we accept Jesus into our lives and make Him Lord of all, we are new creations that are called to proclaim His message to a world in need of hope, love, joy and peace.

 

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Go, Tell it on the Mountain

 
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
 
While shepherds kept their watching
O’er silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a Holy light
 
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
 
The shepherds feared and trembled
When, lo! Above the Earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Savior’s birth
 
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
 
Down in a lowly manger
Our humble Christ was born
And brought us all salvation
 
That blessed Christmas morn
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
 
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
That Jesus Christ is born
 
 
 

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