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Incarnation Hymnody: "Angels, from the Realms of Glory"

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This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Incarnation Hymnody You can read more posts from the series by using the Contents in the right sidebar.

Continuing our series on incarnation hymnody, we take a look today at “Angels, from the Realms of Glory.” ___________________________ “Angels, from the Realms of Glory” is nearing its bicentennial, having been first published in 1816 by James Montgomery.  Hymnals nearly universally include the first four stanzas, but omit the fifth: Angels from the realms of… Continue Reading

O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee (More "Incarnational Hymnody")

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This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Incarnation Hymnody You can read more posts from the series by using the Contents in the right sidebar.

A friend of mine once mused that  it was at Christmas that Christians finally sing good hymns. Selah.1 And Chuck Bumgardner (here and here and here) has been providing some excellent commending great hymns of the season. I thought I would take my weekly post here to suggest to you an advent hymn myself. I… Continue Reading

Incarnation Hymnody: "Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth" and “Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"

Incarnation Hymnody: "Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth" and “Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"

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This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Incarnation Hymnody You can read more posts from the series by using the Contents in the right sidebar.

We here continue our series on Incarnation Hymnody.  Today: the ancient “Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth” and the not-quite-as-ancient-but-still-very-old “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”. Incorporating hymnody such as these two pieces from years past helps, I think, to emphasize our connection to the church’s past, and can perhaps fulfill C. S. Lewis’s sage… Continue Reading