We have come to celebrate! It’s Christmas week and we rejoice with the angels—God and sinners are reconciled. We cannot help but Go + Tell!
The well-known hymn “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” invites us to this culminating moment of the Advent season: “Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies.” With the angelic chorus we, too, proclaim the Good News of the newborn King—the Son of Righteousness—as we Go + Tell.
We are seeing the nations rise! All over the world, followers of Christ are celebrating Christmas…not just today, but every day—in churches, homes and every place across the globe where people turn to Jesus. As we walk with Him, we can turn to our neighbors, loved ones, colleagues and even strangers to joyfully introduce them to the Prince of Peace.
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING,
“GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING:
PEACE ON EARTH, AND MERCY MILD,
GOD AND SINNERS RECONCILED!”
JOYFUL, ALL YE NATIONS RISE,
JOIN THE TRIUMPH OF THE SKIES;
WITH THE ANGELIC HOST PROCLAIM,
“CHRIST IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM!”
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING,
“GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING.”
CHRIST, BY HIGHEST HEAVEN ADORED;
CHRIST, THE EVERLASTING LORD!
LATE IN TIME BEHOLD HIM COME,
OFFSPRING OF THE VIRGIN’S WOMB:
VEILED IN FLESH THE GODHEAD SEE;
HAIL THE INCARNATE DEITY,
PLEASED AS MAN WITH MEN TO DWELL,
JESUS, OUR EMMANUEL.
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING,
“GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING.”
HAIL THE HEAVEN-BORN PRINCE OF PEACE!
HAIL THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!
LIGHT AND LIFE TO ALL HE BRINGS,
RISEN WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS.
MILD HE LAYS HIS GLORY BY,
BORN THAT MAN NO MORE MAY DIE,
BORN TO RAISE THE SONS OF EARTH,
BORN TO GIVE THEM SECOND BIRTH.
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING,
“GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING.”
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