Midtown Christmas Songs 2021

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

It is this sigh of longing that we express when we sing the words of Charles Wesley’s beautiful Advent hymn, “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus.” For though we know that Christ goes with us and before us every day, we long for the day when we are with Him in all of the fullness and glory He will bring.

(Write up from Hymnary.org)

Gloria

Hark how the angels loudly sing
Praising the newborn king of kings!
Heavenly hosts cannot contain their wonder!
Jesus! The gift of boundless worth
Given for fallen sons of earth
Here is the mystery of God’s salvation

Gloria!
Gloria!
To God in the highest!
To God in the highest!

(Written by Joel Sczebel)

O Come All Ye Faithful

True God of true God, Light from Light eternal
Humbly, He enters the virgin’s womb
Son of the Father, begotten, not created
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

Joy to the World

In this beautiful hymn, Isaac Watts makes the connection between the coming of Christ into this world and the beginning of that restoration. Christ brings “joy to the world,” a light where there is darkness, growth where there is decay. And we, along with all Creation, respond with a song of praise.

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar,
heav’nly hosts sing, Alleluia!
Christ, the Savior, is born!
Christ, the Savior, is born!

(Written by Joseph Mohr)