![]() Whatever day that was, that is Christmas Day, even if we happen to celebrate it on a different day.Ĭhrist came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). The important thing is that Jesus was born (Matthew 1:25 and Luke 2:6-7). The Bible doesn’t tell us which specific day He was born. So, when we sing “born on Christmas Day”, we’re not claiming that Christ was born on December 25th. Yes, we celebrate Christmas on December 25th However, the date comes from Roman Catholic attempts to ease the conversion of Pagans, who believed that their god Mithras was born on December 25th. The whole song either agrees with the Bible or contains portions that are not Scripturally supported, but plausible.Ī prayer offered to God for us Christ-followers would keep our away from our problems and towards Jesus (Hebrews 12:2). How much of the lyrics line up with Scripture? An invitation to us to join the shepherds, worshipping Christ and remembering the reason for the season.A retelling of Luke 2, where the shepherds receive the message in mood 1 from an angel and visits Bethlehem to confirm it.The good news, that Christ was born to save us from the power of the Devil.Note to new users: This is a different kind of review site! Read About the Berean Test and Evaluation Criteria prior to reading this review. It contains Verses included in most variants we sing today. It’s a variation of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen published as part of Carols Old And Carols New in 1918. Since we don’t know the original version, I picked the one I grew up with. We’ve been singing the 1961 edition ever since. The song has gone through many changes and eventually settled on Carols for Choirs’ version, published in 1961 by Oxford University Press. A fuller version was published in 1775 by The Beauties of the Magazines, which contained five Verses. ![]() The earliest version on record comes from Three New Christmas Carols in 1760, which only contained the first Verse and Refrain. The Oxford English Dictionary confirms this – that until a few hundred years ago, ‘waind’ used to be the normal English pronunciation for ‘wind’ when used in poetry.Not much is known about God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’s origins. ‘wind’ used to be pronounced ‘waind’, as in ‘find’ it had a longer vowel, which was pronounced in a lower place in the mouth to its modern pronunciation. Long vowels shifted upwards that is, a vowel that used to be pronounced in a lower place in the mouth would be pronounced in a different place, higher up in the mouth. ![]() You see, back in 16th-century England, some pronunciations were pretty different, owing to a Great Vowel Shift – a series of changes in pronunciation that affected the long vowels used in English – roughly during the 15th to 18th centuries. It’s the carol’s sheer age that contributes to this. Last year, we noticed carol singers and vexed tweeters were taking to their keyboards to vent over the fact second and forth lines of the third verse of ‘God Rest Ye’ don’t rhyme exactly as they should. New Zealand Police warm hearts as they sing Christmas carols Why don’t all the lyrics in ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen’ rhyme? What are the full lyrics to ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen’? The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge rehearses ahead of Festival of Christmas Day’s Nine Lessons and Carols. ![]()
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