Throughout Advent, I’ll be trying to help us to focus our thoughts on the arrival of Christ as a baby at Bethlehem through a variety of songs. The first one is from Aaron Shust’s new Christmas album ‘Unto Us‘ and is called ‘Advent Carol’:
No more sadness, now nor fasting,
Now we put our grief away.
God came down, the Everlasting,
Taking human flesh today.
God came down on earth, a stranger,
Working out His mighty plan.
God was cradled in a manger,
Very God and very Man.
There were shepherds once abiding
In the fields who watched by night
And they saw the clouds dividing
And the sky above was bright
And a glory shone around them
On the grass where they were laid
And a holy angel found them
And their hearts were sore afraid.
‘Fear ye not,’ he said,
‘For cheerful are the tidings that I bring.
Unto you so weak and fearful,
Christ is born, the Lord and King.’
As the angel told the story
Of the Saviour’s lowly birth,
Multitudes were singing
‘Glory be to God and peace on earth.’
Angel hosts sing ‘Hallelujah’
Heart’s redeeming love proclaim
Led by church in every nation
Sing the glory of Thy Name.