{"id":20283,"date":"2024-12-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=20283"},"modified":"2024-12-07T22:20:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T03:20:44","slug":"advent-singing-mighty-god-while-angels-bless-thee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=20283","title":{"rendered":"Advent Singing: Mighty God, While Angels Bless Thee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mighty God, While Angels Bless Thee - Autumn\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tN5etYnXZLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This 1774 hymn was noted in the earliest record as a Christmas hymn by Robert Robinson (1735-1790) of Norfolk, England, and it shows how the first coming of the Lord is often blurred with his second coming. The original music for the hymn was lost, but what&#8217;s that to any hymn?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u00a0saw\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0night\u00a0visions,<br>and\u00a0behold,\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0clouds\u00a0of\u00a0heaven<br>there\u00a0came\u00a0one\u00a0like\u00a0a\u00a0son\u00a0of\u00a0man,<br>and\u00a0he\u00a0came\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Ancient\u00a0of\u00a0Days<br>and\u00a0was\u00a0presented\u00a0before\u00a0him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd\u00a0to\u00a0him\u00a0was\u00a0given\u00a0dominion<br>and\u00a0glory\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0kingdom,<br>that\u00a0all\u00a0peoples,\u00a0nations,\u00a0and\u00a0languages<br>should\u00a0serve\u00a0him;<br>his\u00a0dominion\u00a0is\u00a0an\u00a0everlasting\u00a0dominion,<br>which\u00a0shall\u00a0not\u00a0pass\u00a0away,<br>and\u00a0his\u00a0kingdom\u00a0one<br>that\u00a0shall\u00a0not\u00a0be\u00a0destroyed.\u201d (Daniel 7:13-14 ESV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Mighty God, while angels bless thee,<br>May an infant lisp thy name?<br>Lord of men as well as angels,<br>Thou art every creature\u2019s theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Lord of every land and nation,<br>Ancient of eternal days;<br>Sounded through the wide creation<br>Be thy just and lawful praise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 For the grandeur of thy nature,<br>Grand beyond a seraph\u2019s thought,<br>For created works of power,<br>Works with skill and kindness wrought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 For thy providence that governs<br>Thro&#8217; thine empire&#8217;s wide domain;<br>Wings an angel, guides a sparrow,<br>Blessed be thy gentle reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 But thy rich, thy free redemption,<br>Dark thro&#8217; brightness all along;<br>Thought is poor, and poor expression,<br>Who dare sing that awful song?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6 Brightness of the father\u2019s glory,<br>Shall thy praise unutter&#8217;d lie?<br>Fly my tongue such guilty silence!<br>Sing the Lord who came to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 Did Arch-angels sing thy coming?<br>Did the shepherds learn their lays?<br>Shame would cover me ungrateful,<br>Should my tongue refuse to praise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 From the highest throne in glory,<br>To the cross of deepest woe;<br>All to ransom guilty captives,<br>Flow my praise, for ever flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 Go return immortal Saviour,<br>Leave thy footstool, take thy throne;<br>Thence return, and reign for ever,<br>Be the kingdom all thine own.<br>Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 1774 hymn was noted in the earliest record as a Christmas hymn by Robert Robinson (1735-1790) of Norfolk, England, and it shows how the first coming of the Lord is often blurred with his second coming. The original music for the hymn was lost, but what&#8217;s that to any hymn? \u201cI\u00a0saw\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0night\u00a0visions,and\u00a0behold,\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0clouds\u00a0of\u00a0heaventhere\u00a0came\u00a0one\u00a0like\u00a0a\u00a0son\u00a0of\u00a0man,and\u00a0he\u00a0came\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Ancient\u00a0of\u00a0Daysand\u00a0was\u00a0presented\u00a0before\u00a0him. \u201cAnd\u00a0to\u00a0him\u00a0was\u00a0given\u00a0dominionand\u00a0glory\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0kingdom,that\u00a0all\u00a0peoples,\u00a0nations,\u00a0and\u00a0languagesshould\u00a0serve\u00a0him;his\u00a0dominion\u00a0is\u00a0an\u00a0everlasting\u00a0dominion,which\u00a0shall\u00a0not\u00a0pass\u00a0away,and\u00a0his\u00a0kingdom\u00a0onethat\u00a0shall\u00a0not\u00a0be\u00a0destroyed.\u201d (Daniel 7:13-14 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=20283\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advent Singing: Mighty God, While Angels Bless Thee<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[104,1254,3966],"class_list":["post-20283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-advent","tag-hymns","tag-sunday-singing"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20284,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20283\/revisions\/20284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}