O holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray
Verse 4 of
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Merry Christmas!
Today is a day of cookies and carols. And many of us know the first verse of many carols. Buried, however, in the third and fourth verses are some beautiful poems and wonderful theology.
Enjoy today a few deeper verses ...
Are you tired, ill, worried? Verse 3 of “It Came upon a Midnight Clear.”
And you beneath life’s crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow;
Look now, for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
Oh rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing.
Need a Christmas prayer? Try verse 3 from “Away in a Manger.”
Be near me, Lord Jesus,
I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever,
and love me, I pray.
Bless all the dear children
in thy tender care,
And take us to heaven,
to live with Thee there.
Verse 4 of “O Little Town of Bethlehem” offers another prayer ... and reminds us of the purpose of Jesus’ journey. The whole reason the Christ child came to earth was to save us from our sin.
O holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born to us today
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us
Our Lord Emmanuel
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who sings today
(and loves the excuse
to eat too many cookies)
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