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"The Blessed Son of God"
PLEASE SEE THE CONCERT INVITATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS MESSAGE. ========== Today’s WORSHIP QUOTE is a short devotional poem by Martin Luther. This text is part of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Christmas cantata HODIE (THIS DAY). THE BLESSED SON OF GOD The blessed son of God only In a crib full poor did lie; With our poor flesh and our poor blood Was clothed that everlasting good. Kyrieleison. (Lord, have mercy.) The Lord Christ Jesu, God’s son dear, Was a guest and a stranger here; Us for to bring from misery, That we might live eternally. Kyrieleison. (Lord, have mercy.) All this did he for us freely, For to declare his great mercy; All Christendom be merry therefore, And give him thanks for evermore. Kyrieleison. (Lord, have mercy.) —Martin Luther (1483-1546); English translation by Miles Coverdale (Bishop of Exeter, 1488-1569). This is movement five (unaccompanied chorus) from Ralph Vaughan Williams’s glorious Christmas cantata HODE (THIS DAY). ========== FREE CHRISTMAS CONCERT, November 30, 2004, 7:30 p.m., is the Eighth Annual Family Christmas Concert here on the campus of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, all under the baton of your WORSHIP QUOTE host. The featured work is HODIE (THIS DAY), a wonderful Christmas cantata by Ralph Vaughan Williams. If you go to www.sbts.edu/oratoriochorus and click on “Upcoming Performances,” you can find our color poster for the event. Please forward it to your friends near Louisville, Kentucky. I really hope that some of you can come. ========== Have a great week, Chip Stam Director, Institute for Christian Worship School of Church Music and Worship Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky carlstam@aol.com www.carlstam.org www.sbts.edu =========================== WORSHIP QUOTE OF THE WEEK: To subscribe, unsubscribe, or view a complete index of worship quotes, please visit http://www.wqotw.org =========================== |