God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Embrace the Joy: Unveiling the Spiritual Message of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen'
Lyrics
God rest you merry gentlemen
Expressing a wish for merriment and peace for gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Encouraging not to be disheartened or troubled
Remember Christ our savior
Reminding of Christ, the savior
Was born on Christmas day
Noting the birth of Christ on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's power
Highlighting Christ's purpose to save from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
Reflecting on humanity going astray
O tidings of comfort and joy
Repeating the message of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
-O tidings of comfort and joy
-From God our heavenly father
Describing the angel's announcement to shepherds about Jesus' birth in Bethlehem
A blessed angel came
-And unto certain shepherds
-Brought tidings of the same
-How that in Bethlehem was born
-The son of god by name
-O tidings of comfort and joy
Reiterating the tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
-O tidings of comfort and joy
-"Fear not", then said the angel
Quoting the angel reassuring the shepherds and proclaiming Jesus' virtues
"Let nothing you affright
-This day is born a Savior
-Of virtue, power, and might
-So frequently to vanquish all
-The friends of Satan quite"
-O tidings of comfort and joy
Repeating the message of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
-O tidings of comfort and joy
-The shepherds at those tidings
Narrating the shepherds' joyful response, leaving their flocks to find the blessed babe
Rejoiced much in mind
-And left their flocks a-feeding
-In tempest, storm, and wind
-And went to Bethlehem straightway
-This blessed babe to find
-O tidings of comfort and joy
Reiterating the tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
-O tidings of comfort and joy
-But when to Bethlehem they came
Detailing the shepherds finding Jesus in a manger, with Mary praying
Whereat this infant lay
-They found him in a manger
-Where oxen feed on hay
-His mother Mary kneeling
-Unto the Lord did pray
-O tidings of comfort and joy
Repeating the message of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
-O tidings of comfort and joy
-Now to the Lord sing praises
Encouraging praise to the Lord, love, and brotherhood during Christmas
All you within this place
-And with true love and brotherhood
-Each other now embrace
-This holy tide of Christmas
-All others doth deface
-O tidings of comfort and joy
Reiterating the tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
-O tidings of comfort and joy
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