CLASSIC HYMNS – Red Thread Poets https://www.redthreadpoets.com Glorify God - Honour Poets Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:01:42 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.redthreadpoets.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon1-32x32.png CLASSIC HYMNS – Red Thread Poets https://www.redthreadpoets.com 32 32 In The Bleak Mid-Winter https://www.redthreadpoets.com/in-the-bleak-mid-winter/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 21:40:43 +0000 https://www.redthreadpoets.com/?p=2137             I.

In the bleak mid-winter
   Frosty wind made moan;
Earth stood hard as iron,
   Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
   Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
  Long ago.

 

            II.

Our God, heaven cannot hold Him
   Nor earth sustain,
Heaven and earth shall flee away
   When He comes to reign:
In the bleak mid-winter
   A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty —
   Jesus Christ.

 

            III.

Enough for Him, whom Cherubim
   Worship night and day,
A breastful of milk
   And a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, whom Angels
   Fall down before,
The ox and ass and camel
   Which adore.

 

            IV.

Angels and Archangels
   May have gathered there,
Cherubim and Seraphim
   Thronged the air;
But only His Mother
   In her maiden bliss
Worshipped the Beloved
   With a kiss

            V.

What can I give Him,
   Poor as I am?
If I were a Shepherd
   I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man
   I would do my part, —
Yet what I can I give Him, —
   Give my heart.

]]> Were You There? https://www.redthreadpoets.com/were-you-there/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:50:26 +0000 https://www.redthreadpoets.com/?p=1923 Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

Were you there when he rose up from the dead?
Were you there when he rose up from the dead?
Sometimes I feel like shouting ‘Glory, glory, glory!’
Were you there when he rose up from the dead?

]]>