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Christmas Christmas General
Christmas Christmas General
The Birth of a Baby (YB No 90)
The Birth of a Baby (YB No 90)
The birth of a baby
The birth of a baby
Can kindle just maybe
Can kindle just maybe
A spark of compassion for all humankind.
A spark of compassion for all humankind.
At Christmas we wonder,
At Christmas we wonder,
Amazed as we ponder
Amazed as we ponder
A sight that stirs love in our heart and our mind.
A sight that stirs love in our heart and our mind.
A babe so dependent,
A babe so dependent,
A human descendant,
A human descendant,
So fragile and helpless gives strength to the weak;
So fragile and helpless gives strength to the weak;
When love is wide open
When love is wide open
To outcast and broken,
To outcast and broken,
The baby is present for all those who seek.
The baby is present for all those who seek.
Perhaps we could venture
Perhaps we could venture
To join an adventure
To join an adventure
Of singing the chorus already begun;
Of singing the chorus already begun;
Its mercy is tender;
Its mercy is tender;
True justice its splendour;
True justice its splendour;
This chorus when sung gives great strength to each one.
This chorus when sung gives great strength to each one.
But better than singing
But better than singing
Are actions when bringing
Are actions when bringing
This Good News of peace and acceptance and grace;
This Good News of peace and acceptance and grace;
With love so beguiling
With love so beguiling
The baby is smiling;
The baby is smiling;
The heart of the chorus is here to embrace.
The heart of the chorus is here to embrace.
The story enduring
The story enduring
Of love re-assuring
Of love re-assuring
May raise in our hearts what we know to be good.
May raise in our hearts what we know to be good.
It urges a question
It urges a question
And prompts the suggestion
And prompts the suggestion
To make this world gentle. If only we could!
To make this world gentle. If only we could!
For Christmas is telling
For Christmas is telling
With hope overwhelming
With hope overwhelming
Of one man’s endeavour to let God be king.
Of one man’s endeavour to let God be king.
He showed by his living
He showed by his living
And by his forgiving
And by his forgiving
That love is eternal. Let Christmas bells ring!
That love is eternal. Let Christmas bells ring!
Tune - The Ash Grove Not in AHB TiS 531.
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