<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/305550463?app_id=122963&wmode=opaque" width="480" frameborder="0" title="Advent - Hark!" height="360"></iframe><p><strong>Advent - Hark!</strong></p><p>Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased. <em>Luke 2:14</em></p><p><strong>Joy To The World </strong><br><em>Psalm 98</em></p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p>Last Sunday we considered this Christmas carol as Isaac Watts “imitation” of the last half of <em>Psalm 98</em></p></li><li><p>This Psalm is a call to Praise the Lord for His Righteousness</p></li><li><p>G.K. Chesterton - “The serious business of heaven is joy”</p></li></ul><p><strong>Hark The Herald Angels Sing</strong></p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p>Originally titled “Hymn for Christmas Day”</p></li><li><p>Written in 10 short stanzas</p></li><li><p>By Charles Wesley in 1739</p></li></ul><p>Hark! the herald angels sing, <br>Glory to the new-born King!<br> Peace on earth, and mercy mild, <br>God and sinners reconciled. </p><p>Joyful, all ye nations, rise, <br>Join the triumph of the skies;<br> With th' angelic host proclaim,<br> Christ is born in Bethlehem.</p><p>Hark! the herald angels sing,<br>“Glory to the new-born King!”<br>Christ, by highest heaven adored:<br>Christ, the everlasting Lord;<br> <br>Late in time behold him come,<br>Offspring of the favored one.<br>Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see;<br>Hail, th'incarnate Deity:<br> <br>Pleased, as man, with men to dwell,<br>Jesus, our Emmanuel!</p><p>Hark! the herald angels sing,<br>“Glory to the new-born King!”<br>Hail! the heaven-born Prince of peace!<br>Hail! the Son of Righteousness!<br> <br>Light and life to all he brings,<br>Risen with healing in his wings<br>Mild he lays his glory by,<br>Born that man no more may die:<br> <br>Born to raise the son of earth, <br>Born to give them second birth.<br>Hark! the herald angels sing, <br>“Glory to the new-born King!”</p><p>Come, Desire of Nations, come<br>Fix in Us thy humble Home<br>Rise, the Woman’s Conqu’ring Seed<br>Bruise in Us the Serpent’s Head<br> <br>Now display thy saving Pow’r<br>Ruin’d Nature now restore<br>Now in Mystic Union join<br>Thine to Ours, and Ours to Thine</p><p>Adam’s Likeness, LORD, efface<br>Stamp thy Image in its Place<br>Second Adam from above<br>Reinstate us in thy Love<br> <br>Let us Thee, tho’ lost, regain<br>Thee, the Life, the Inner Man<br>Oh! to All Thyself impart<br>Form’d in each Believing Heart<br></p><p>The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. <em>John 1:5</em><br> <br> </p>
