I would like to take this opportunity to wish my readers a joyous and merry Christmas.
Here’s a little gift for you. It’s a lovely YouTube video of a large choir and congregation at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London singing Charles Wesley’s great carol, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing. You’ve undoubtedly heard this old hymn sung or played as a solo or an instrumental, but only a great multitude can truly do it justice.
Here it is:
I hope you enjoy it. But more than that, I hope the wonder of it captures your heart: God became man and dwelt among us that He might redeem us. Here’s the text to the second verse:
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 th’ incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus our Emmanuel.
Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”
Merry Christmas, everyone!
SDG
