Redeemer Pca Of Overland Park

Hark The Herald Angels Sing (Luke 2:1-52) Pastor Tony Felich December 11, 2005 ----more----I. The Hymn Story- Charles Wesley (words/1739), Felix Mendelson (music/1840) William Cummings (arranged 1857)- George Whitefield "calvinized", dropping last 2 verses Two versus dropped by Whitefield and most Reformed ChurchesCome, Desire of nations, come, fix in us Thy humble home; Rise, the woman's conqu'ring Seed, Bruise in us the serpent's head. Now display Thy saving power, ruined nature now restore; Now in mystic union join Thine to ours, and ours to Thine. Adam's likeness, Lord efface, stamp Thine image in its place; Second Adam from above, reinstate us in Thy love. Let us Thee, though lost, regain, Thee the life, the inner man: O, to all Thyself impart, formed in each believing heart. - Hymnologist say this is the 4th most popular hymn_ The version we sing reads like a 3-pt sermon II. Lyrical Content and Biblical DepthVerse 1 - Announces the birth of Christ (Luke 2, Matthew 1, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Colossians 1) Ha