tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post6125948830781071386..comments2023-12-24T11:20:38.708+00:00Comments on The Muniment Room: Christmas Comes Early!Ttonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-34804340348286378512008-12-28T11:07:00.000+00:002008-12-28T11:07:00.000+00:00I was thinking about how a different translation h...I was thinking about how a different translation had brought new life to old words. These three verses Anon has quoted are completely new to me.Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-69330821213340529252008-12-28T09:45:00.000+00:002008-12-28T09:45:00.000+00:00Better I think is this full version, with three ex...Better I think is this full version, with three extra verses after the usual vv 1-3:<BR/><BR/>4. See how the shepherds, summoned to His cradle,<BR/>Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze;<BR/>We too will thither bend our joyful footsteps; Chorus<BR/><BR/>5 Lo! star led chieftains, Magi, Christ adoring,<BR/>Offer Him incense, gold, and myrrh;<BR/>We to the Christ Child bring our hearts’ oblations.<BR/>Chorus<BR/><BR/>6. Child, for us sinners poor and in the manger,<BR/>We would embrace Thee, with love and awe;<BR/>Who would not love Thee, loving us so dearly?<BR/>Chorus<BR/><BR/>7. Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning;<BR/>Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;<BR/>Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing.<BR/>ChorusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-74400507966482484602008-12-25T12:38:00.000+00:002008-12-25T12:38:00.000+00:00Yes, I like it Ttony...but is it all there?Verse t...Yes, I like it Ttony...but is it all there?<BR/>Verse three looks a little short.<BR/>Or does it continue:-<BR/>O come let us adore him<BR/>etc?<BR/>Thanks anyway and God's blessings to you also.<BR/><BR/>JARayJARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.com