Carol: “The First Noel” – Traditional English Carol
Tune: THE FIRST NOWELL
I love this hymnline that opens the final stanza of a
most-beloved Christmas carol because it reminds me that we need to all get
together and agree to sing praises! The people of God are rarely in ‘one accord’
on much of anything, but at least we can be when we sing!
At no other time during the year are you going to hear the
name of Jesus being piped into the shopping malls. Even when the place of business is trying to be
politically correct and playing only the instrumental versions, every shopper
knows enough of the carol texts to sing them to themselves. “Christ the Savior
is born!” “Our Lord, Emmanuel.” “Glory to the newborn King.” And even the carol
at hand which goes on to explain WHY the Christ has come:
“Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord
Who hath made heaven and earth of naught,
And with his blood our lives hath bought!
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel.”
So for the next few days, enjoy hearing your Savior’s name
sung (or played) as you shop. Begin humming along…or even singing out loud. Who
knows? A flash-mob could break out right there in ladies’ ready-to-wear!
We may not agree on much – we Christian people; but we seem
to agree that the Christmas season is a good time to sing! So have at it!
Now, if we could just be in one accord the rest of the year
on some other things!
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