Every Stone Shall Cry / Robert Wilbur

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A stable-lamp is lighted
Whose glow shall wake the sky;
The stars shall bend their voices,
And every stone shall cry.
And every stone shall cry,
And straw like gold shall shine;
A barn shall harbor heaven,
A stall become a shrine.

This child through David's city
Will ride in triumph by
The palm shall strew its branches
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
Though heavy, dull, and dumb
And lie within the roadway
To pave the Kingdom come

Yet He shall be forsaken
And yielded up to die
The sky shall groan and darken
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
For stony hearts of men
God's blood upon the spearhead
God's love refused again

But now as at the ending
The low is lifted high
The stars will bend their voices
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
In praises of the child
By whose descent among us
The worlds are reconciled.

A Christmas Hymn / Huub de Lange

SOURCE - CPDL
FOR - SATB, Chamber Orchestra, and Piano (Four Hands)

A stable-lamp is lighted

Whose glow shall wake the sky;

The stars shall bend their voices,

And every stone shall cry.

And every stone shall cry,

And straw like gold shall shine;

A barn shall harbor heaven,

A stall become a shrine.

This child through David’s city

Shall ride in triumph by;

The palm shall strew its branches,

And every stone shall cry.

And every stone shall cry,

Though heavy, dull, and dumb,

And lie within the roadway

To pave His kingdom come.

Yet He shall be forsaken,

And yielded up to die;

The sky shall groan and darken,

And every stone shall cry.

And every stone shall cry

For stony hearts of men:

God’s blood upon the spearhead,

God’s love refused again.

But now, as at the ending,

The low is lifted high;

The stars shall bend their voices,

And every stone shall cry.

And every stone shall cry

In praises of the child

By whose descent among us

The worlds are reconciled.

I look from afar / David Drexler

SOURCE - CPDL
FOR - SATB (a capella)

I look from afar:
and lo, I see the pow’r of God coming,
and a cloud cov’ring the whole earth.
Go ye out to meet him and say:
Tell us, art thou he that should come
to rule over thy people Israel?
High and low, rich and poor, one with another.
Go ye out to meet him and say:
Tell us, art thou he that should come
to rule o’er thy people Israel?
O come.
Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel,
thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep.
Tell us, art thou he that should come?
Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come.
Come to reign o’er thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and lo, I see the pow’r of God coming,
and to the Holy Ghost.
and a cloud covering the whole earth.
Go ye out to meet him and say:
Tell us, art thou he that should come
to reign o’er they people Israel?

Prepare the way, O Zion / Traditional

SOURCE - CPDL
FOR - SATB (a capella)

Prepare the way, O Zion!

Ye awful deeps, rise high;

Sink low, ye towering mountains,

The Lord is drawing nigh;

The righteous King of glory,

Foretold in sacred story.

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O blest is He that came

In God the Father's Name.

O Zion, He approacheth,

Thy Lord and King for aye!

Strew palms where He advanceth,

Spread garments in His way.

God's promise faileth never,

Hosanna sound forever!

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Fling wide thy portals, Zion

And hail thy glorious King;

His tidings of salvation

To every people bring,

Who, waiting yet in sadness

Would sing His praise in gladness.

Refrain:

He cometh not with warriors,

And not with pomp and show,

Yet smiteth He with terror

Sin, death, and every foe.

The Spirit's sword He wieldeth,

Not e'en to death He yieldeth.

Refrain:

Give heed, thou sinful people,

Thy King and Savior own;

The kingdom He hath founded

Is not an earthly one;

No power can overthrow it,

Nor earthly wisdom know it.

Refrain:

The throne which He ascendeth

Is fixed in heaven above:

His sanctified dominion

Is light alone and love.

His praise be ever sounding

For grace and peace abounding.

Refrain:

Jerusalem is fallen,

And closed its temple door;

Its sacrifices ended;

Its scepter is no more.

Christ's kingdom never ceaseth,

Its glory still increaseth.

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