{"id":1615,"date":"2010-12-25T15:12:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T19:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2013-06-17T12:22:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T16:22:35","slug":"%e2%80%9call-my-heart-this-night-rejoices%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=1615","title":{"rendered":"“All My Heart This Night Rejoices”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is wonderful 17th<\/sup> century Christmas hymn by Paul Gerhardt<\/a> which expounds the meaning of the Incarnation. This is hymnic gospel proclamation! Let us take great comfort in the work of Christ, God come to get us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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All my heart this night rejoices,
\nAs I hear, far and near, sweetest angel voices;
\n“Christ is born,”\u009d their choirs are singing,
\nTill the air, everywhere, now their joy is ringing.For it dawns, the promised morrow
\nOf His birth, who the earth rescues from her sorrow.
\nGod to wear our form descendeth;
\nOf His grace to our race here His Son He sendeth.<\/p>\n

Yea, so truly for us careth,
\nThat His Son, all we’ve done, as our offering beareth;
\nAs our Lamb Who, dying for us,
\nBears our load, and to God, doeth in peace restore us.<\/p>\n

Hark! a voice from yonder manger,
\nSoft and sweet, doth entreat, “Flee from woe and danger;
\nBrethren, come; from all that grieves you
\nYou are freed; all you need I will surely give you.”\u009d<\/p>\n

Come, then, let us hasten yonder;
\nHere let all, great and small, kneel in awe and wonder,
\nLove Him Who with love is yearning;
\nHail the star that from far bright with hope is burning.<\/p>\n

Ye who pine in weary sadness,
\nWeep no more, for the door now is found of gladness.
\nCling to Him, for He will guide you
\nWhere no cross, pain or loss, can again betide you.<\/p>\n

Hither come, ye poor and wretched:
\nKnow His will is to fill every hand outstretch’d;
\nHere are riches without measure,
\nHere forget all regret, fill your hearts with treasure.<\/p>\n

Bless’d Savior, let me find Thee!
\nKeep Thou me close to Thee, cast me not behind Thee!
\nLife of life, my heart Thou stillest,
\nCalm I rest on Thy breast, all this void Thou fillest.<\/p>\n

Thee, dear Lord, with heed I’ll cherish;
\nLive to Thee and with Thee, dying, shall not perish;
\nBut shall dwell with Thee for ever,
\nFar on high, in the joy that can alter never.<\/p>\n

Forth today the Conqueror goeth,
\nWho the foe, sin and woe, death and hell, o’erthroweth.
\nGod is man, man to deliver;
\nHis dear Son now is one with our blood forever.<\/p>\n

Shall we still dread God’s displeasure,
\nWho, to save, freely gave His most cherished Treasure?
\nTo redeem us, He hath given
\nHis own Son from the throne of His might in Heaven.<\/p>\n

Should He who Himself imparted
\nAught withhold from the fold, leave us broken hearted?
\nShould the Son of God not love us,
\nWho, to cheer sufferers here, left His throne above us?<\/p>\n

If our bless’d Lord and Maker
\nHated men, would He then be of flesh partaker?
\nIf He in our woe delighted,
\nWould He bear all the care of our race benighted?<\/p>\n

He becomes the Lamb that taketh
\nSin away and for aye full atonement maketh.
\nFor our life His own He tenders
\nAnd our race, by His grace, meet for glory renders.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

–\u00a0 Paul Gerhardt (1656), translated by Catherine Winkworth<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is wonderful 17th century Christmas hymn by Paul Gerhardt which expounds the meaning of the Incarnation. This is hymnic gospel proclamation! Let us take great comfort in the work of Christ, God come to get us. All my heart this night rejoices, As I hear, far and near, sweetest angel voices; “Christ is born,”\u009d …<\/p>\n

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