and on the night

An updated arrangement and recording of song I wrote last year! I like how it sounds a good deal.

And on the night before this blessed morn
A troop of Angels unto Shepherds told,
Where in a stable he was poorly born,
Whom nor the earth nor heaven of heavens can hold,        
Through Bethlehem rung.    
This news at their return ;        
Yea, Angels sung,    
That God with us was born
And they made mirth, because we should not mourn.

This favour Christ has given for our sake :
To buy us thrones he in a manger lay ;
Our weakness he took, that we his strength might take,
And was disrob’d, that he might us array :        
Our flesh he wore,    
Our sin to wear away :        
Our curse he bore,    
That we escape it may ;
And wept for us, that we might sing for aye

words (adapted slightly) George Wither

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