Before I begin I would like to say this is post #100. Expect something that used to be common but has not been around for about a year to come back. Now to the carols.
Joy to the World
Joy! to the world! Go! now! We need joy. But she tends to procrastinate so she’ll get around to us in… 1007-2000 years, maybe more. Coincidentally it was made by Isaac Watts for the time joy will be in the world (1007-2000 years from now, maybe more.) Not for Christmastime. But the way he made it was kinda off and because of the lyrics fit so well churches began using it as a Christmas carol; removing the 3rd verse which clearly implies the coming kingdom after the 1000 year reign. So this is a… other carol but used for Christmas.
Verse 1
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.Verse 2
Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.Verse 3
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Original 3rd verse:
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
It was originally made by Charles Wesley (brother of John Wesley) pre-1739 (the first known publish date). But George Whitefield re-made it to be what we sing now. It’s very popular among carolers and churches.
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 the 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 the incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with man 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
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!”
