Christmas Alliance 1.5: Veni, Veni Emmanuel!/OTA
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While leafing through an old Lutheran hymnal, legacy of my wife’s family, I happened across the second Sunday in Advent featuring the following:
No, the old hymnal didn’t have an embedded mp3 file, silly. It had the following words set to the tune above, words you are likely familiar with:
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
Who orderest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, O come, great Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times once gave the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Thou Root of Jesse’s tree,
An ensign of Thy people be;
Before Thee rulers silent fall;
All peoples on Thy mercy call.Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind;
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease,
And be Thyself our King of Peace.Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
And in an even older tongue, transliterated for use in English: maranatha!
Posted: December 1st, 2006 under Blogroll.
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O come O come Emmanuel is one of my all time favorite hymns. Was the music different, I couldn’t tell? Beautiful either way!
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