O Come, All Ye Faithful
"And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." (Luke 2:9-11) This week, we're going to look at the centuries-old Christmas classic, O Come, All Ye Faithful. Tradition dates this hymn back to 1743, possibly at the writing hands of John Francis Wade, although that's not 100% certain. The original lyrics were penned in Latin and over the late 1700s through the 1800s, a couple of different people translated the hymn to the English language, among some 40 other languages. This hymn places us all with the shepherds and all who made the journey to Bethlehem to behold the newborn King. The first stanza is the most well-known. It serves as, quite possibly, the greatest Call To Worship ever s...