12.03.2010

Day 3: A Song in the Air

Maybe one of the reasons I love Christmas carols is because of their pearly and eloquent phraseology.  I've always loved elaborate and flowery descriptions and many carols are full of them! None more so than this:
There's a song in the air! 
 There's a star in the sky! 
 There's a mother's deep prayer 
 and a baby's low cry! 
 And the star rains its fire 
 while the beautiful sing, 
 for the manger of Bethlehem 
 cradles a King! 

 There's a tumult of joy 
 o'er the wonderful birth, 
 for the virgin's sweet boy 
 is the Lord of the earth. 
 Ay! the star rains its fire 
 while the beautiful sing, 
 for the manger of Bethlehem 
 cradles a King! 

 In the light of that star 
 lie the ages impearled; 
 and that song from afar 
 has swept over the world. 
 Every hearth is aflame, 
 and the beautiful sing 
 in the homes of the nations 
 that Jesus is King! 

 We rejoice in the light, 
 and we echo the song 
 that comes down through the night 
 from the heavenly throng. 
 Ay! we shout to the lovely 
 evangel they bring, 
 and we greet in his cradle 
 our Savior and King! 
JOY is a prevailing theme both in Christmas carols and in the season over all.  Christians, especially, should be full of rejoicing. The world around us is joyful for the sake of being joyful. But we can rejoice because we see the Light, we know the Truth, and we understand the Message!  
Christmas hymns are not just another christmas song about chestnuts and Frosty and reindeer. They are "tumults of joy" because God came to earth to dwell among us! "Echo the song!"


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