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Legacy: A Candlelight Christmas
This Christmastide (2017) Donald Fraser (Legacy, 40th Anniversary CD)
Green and silver, red and gold, and a story born of old. Truth and love and hope abide, this Christmastide.
Holly, ivy, mistletoe, and the gently falling snow.
From a simple ox’s stall came the greatest gift of all. Children sing of peace and joy at the birth of one small boy. Let the bells ring loud and clear, ring out now for all to hear. Trumpets sound and voices raise in an endless stream of praise. Green and silver, red and gold and a story born of old: Peace and love and hope abide, this Christmastide.
Jane McCullough
The Work of Christmas (2018) (Legacy, 40th Anniversary CD)
Dan Forrest
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost, to heal the broken,
To feed the hungry, to release the pris’ner,
To rebuild the nations; to bring peace among brothers, To make music from the heart.
Howard Thurman
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*God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Please join us)
1. God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Savior was born upon this day,
To save us all from Satan’s power when we were gone astray: O tidings of comfort and joy!