O Emmanuel – Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

December 23rd : O Emmanuel, our king and our Lord, the anointed for the nations and their Savior: Come and save us, O Lord our God. Listen Here I originally posted this on a friend's blog but updated it for this series here. The hymn “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” has a long and …

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Hymns: Before the Throne of God

Charitie (Smith) Bancroft was born June of 1841 in Dublin, Ireland. Her father was a Reverend at the Colebrooke Church in Dublin, and her "talent for poetic composition" arose early in her life. Charitie's first poems and hymns were published before she was even twenty! Outside of her writing, little is known about her life …

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Advent: He Came as a Man

"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" - which means, "God with us." ~ Matthew 1:23 ~ The Word was made flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his gory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from …

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Advent: Coming and Watch

Merry Christmas and a Joyful Advent to you! Yes indeed, we are well into the season of Advent, a time of celebration, joy, hope, peace, and watchfulness. While some may think of Christmastime as the season where we wait for gifts on the morn of December 25th, to those of the Christian faith, Advent is …

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