| Author | Topic: Add: In Nightly Stillness | |
| dmcg | Posted - 17 Aug 04 - 01:18 pm | |
In nightly stillness comes a voice that rings: "Rise now ye shepherds, greet the King of Kings! Leave the flocks behind a-feeding, On to Bethlem go a-speeding, Christ is born today." Swiftly they went and found the lovely Babe Laid in a manger as the voice had said. Round they gathered, humbly kneeling, Cried aloud with joyful feeling "God has come to us!" "Hail thee! O Saviour, welcome, welcome be. Four thousand years the world expected Thee. Kings and prophets waited vainly, Us thou hast prefered plainly, In this humble shed." Source: Singing Together, Autumn 1966, BBC Publications Notes: From 'Five Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols' (Chappell). | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 17 Aug 04 - 01:22 pm | |
This appears in Singing Together, Autumn 1966 edition. While it is always a mistake to read much into a single phrase of a song, I wonder if that reference to 4000 years waiting is connected to Bishop Ussher's dating of the age of the earth? | ||