Thank you Angela and Rodney! That was so uplifting.
I was in church a few weeks ago singing the following hymn. I felt the solemnness of history and a very deep connection with the author, and fellow believer, Ambrose of Milan - who wrote this sometime before his death in 397 AD.
We are carrying the torch of faith and truth down through the centuries; this dark world needs it.
May the light of Christ burn brightly in your hearts this Christmas season.
~ Leslie
Savior of the Nations, Come
Savior of the nations, come;
virgin's Son, make here Thy home!
Marvel now, O heav'n and earth,
that the Lord chose such a birth.
2 Not by human flesh and blood,
but the Spirit of our God,
was the Word of God made flesh-
woman's Offspring, pure and fresh.
3 Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child
of the virgin undefiled!
Tho' by all the world disowned,
still to be in heav'n enthroned.
4 From the Father forth He came
and returneth to the same,
captive leading death and hell-
high the song of triumph swell!
5 Thou, the Father's only Son,
hast o'er sin the vict'ry won.
Boundless shall Thy kingdom be;
when shall we its glories see?
6 Brightly doth Thy manger shine,
glorious is its light divine.
Let not sin o'ercloud this light
ever be our faith thus bright.
7 Praise to God the Father, sing,
praise to God, the Son, our King,
Praise to God the Spirit be
ever and eternally.
Thank you Angela and Rodney!
Thank you Angela and Rodney! That was so uplifting.
I was in church a few weeks ago singing the following hymn. I felt the solemnness of history and a very deep connection with the author, and fellow believer, Ambrose of Milan - who wrote this sometime before his death in 397 AD.
We are carrying the torch of faith and truth down through the centuries; this dark world needs it.
May the light of Christ burn brightly in your hearts this Christmas season.
~ Leslie
Savior of the Nations, Come
Savior of the nations, come;
virgin's Son, make here Thy home!
Marvel now, O heav'n and earth,
that the Lord chose such a birth.
2 Not by human flesh and blood,
but the Spirit of our God,
was the Word of God made flesh-
woman's Offspring, pure and fresh.
3 Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child
of the virgin undefiled!
Tho' by all the world disowned,
still to be in heav'n enthroned.
4 From the Father forth He came
and returneth to the same,
captive leading death and hell-
high the song of triumph swell!
5 Thou, the Father's only Son,
hast o'er sin the vict'ry won.
Boundless shall Thy kingdom be;
when shall we its glories see?
6 Brightly doth Thy manger shine,
glorious is its light divine.
Let not sin o'ercloud this light
ever be our faith thus bright.
7 Praise to God the Father, sing,
praise to God, the Son, our King,
Praise to God the Spirit be
ever and eternally.