Thursday, December 25, 2008

merry christmas

A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!

Oh night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O Holy Night, O night divine!
Truly he taught us to love one another,
His law is love and his Gospel is peace.
Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother.
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise his holy name.

Merry Christmas!
(images from the National Gallery, December 20, 2008)

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