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Prevented from serving in a parish by lung disease, Neale divided his life between social ministry he founded a nursing order of Anglican nuns and helped social welfare organizations care for orphans and young women and the wardenship of Sackville College. Along the way, various other translators kept tinkering with the text; the version most commonly used today combines Neale with alterations made for the Episcopal Hymnal and stanzas on Christ as Wisdom and Desire King of Nations translated by Presbyterian preacher and social activist Henry Sloane Coffin — This meant the tunes were omitted from most hymnals; only occasionally did editions with tunes appear.

What is it about this text, whether as prose or poetry, that has survived so long, in so many different traditions—and even inspired Norris to search through San Francisco for someone to witness to its continuing presence? In a world, and sometimes even a church, that celebrates the days before Christmas as an endless obligation of organized exuberance, these words remind us that as Christians we are to long for another country, one where the coming Messiah wipes the tears of the sorrowing and casts down the mighty from their thrones.

When Norris found the community at Mount St. And it is that, in the glory of the Incarnation, which will arise.

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Psalter Hymnal Gray Rejoice Hymns Rejoice in the Lord RitualSong 2nd ed. RitualSong Santo, Santo, Santo Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal Sing Glory Sing Joyfully Sing With Me Singing Our Faith Singing the Faith Small Church Music Songs for Life The Book of Praise This is the first of an part series in Baptist Press. Dating from the 8th or 9th Century, it was originally a medieval Latin antiphon, a short Psalm chanted in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain. It reminds us of the power of singing in the Dorian mode and allows us to participate in a year-old sacred Advent ritual.

It might seem strange to talk about the importance of lament in the Christmas period, but the book of Psalms is full of psalms of lament, and these were originally meant to be sung corporately rather than read privately!