S U N D A Y   S N I P P E T S (tm) # 5 0                10 Dec 95

                        Hymn of Incarnation
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I chose the words of a special song for this week's Snippet.  "Corde 
natus ex Parentis" is the first line in Latin of this 4th-century 
hymn.  The words give a beautiful expression of the Incarnation of the 
Word of God, the beginning of the gospel manifested.  It is also an 
orthodox statement of the Christian Faith.


OF THE Father's love begotten
     Ere the worlds began to be, 
He is Alpha and Omega,
     He the Source, the Ending He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
     And that future years shall see,
Evermore and evermore.

O that birth for ever blessed!
     When the virgin, full of grace,
By the Holy Ghost conceiving,
     Bare the Saviour of our race,
And the Babe, the world's Redeemer,     
     First revealed His sacred face,
Evermore and evermore.

This is He whom heav'n-taught singers
     Chanted of with one accord;
Whom the voices of the prophets
     Promised in their sacred word;
Now he shines, the long-expected;
     Let creation praise it's Lord,
Evermore and evermore.

O ye heights of heaven, adore Him;
     Angel-hosts, his praises sing!
All dominions, bow before Him,
     And extol our God and King!
Let no tongue on earth be silent,
     Every voice in concert ring,
Evermore and evermore!

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