{"id":1426,"date":"2011-01-19T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2011-01-19T22:00:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T05:00:58","slug":"a-christmas-hymnof-the-fathers-love-begotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/?p=1426","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas hymn\u2013\u201cOf the Father\u2019s Love Begotten\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, I played this hymn, <em>\u201cChristians to the Paschal Victim\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cWe Praise You and Acknowledge You\u201d<\/em> on repeat for at least a good 45 minutes.  Yes, two out of three hymns are out of season.  But I don\u2019t care, they\u2019re good hymns.<\/p>\n<p>I know we\u2019re in the season of Epiphany, but I love the hymn, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hymnary.org\/hymn\/LSB2006\/384\" target=\"_blank\"><em>\u201cOf the Father\u2019s Love Begotten.\u201d<\/em><\/a>  The text is great, the tune is great.  Below are the words of the hymn as they appear in our latest hymnal, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cph.org\/t-lsb.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Lutheran Service Book<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>1 Of the Father&#8217;s love begotten<br \/>Ere the worlds began to be,<br \/>He is Alpha and Omega,<br \/>He the source, the ending He,<br \/>Of the things that are, that have been,<br \/>And that future years shall see<br \/>Evermore and evermore.<\/p>\n<p>2 Oh, that birth forever blessed,<br \/>When the virgin full of grace,<br \/>By the Holy Ghost conceiving,<br \/>Bore the Savior of our race,<br \/>And the babe, the world&#8217;s Redeemer,<br \/>First revealed His sacred face<br \/>Evermore and evermore. <\/p>\n<p>3 This is He whom seers in old time<br \/>Chanted of with one accord,<br \/>Whom the voices of the prophets<br \/>Promised in their faithful word.<br \/>Now He shines, the long-expected;<br \/>Let creation praise its Lord<br \/>Evermore and evermore. <\/p>\n<p>4 O ye heights of heav&#8217;n adore Him;<br \/>Angel hosts, His praises sing,<br \/>Pow&#8217;rs, dominions, bow before Him<br \/>And extol our God and King.<br \/>Let no tongue on earth be silent,<br \/>Ev&#8217;ry voice in concert ring<br \/>Evermore and evermore. <\/p>\n<p>5 Christ, to Thee, with God the Father,<br \/>And, O Holy Ghost, to Thee<br \/>Hymn and chant and high thanksgiving<br \/>And unending praises be,<br \/>Honor, glory, and dominion,<br \/>And eternal victory<br \/>Evermore and evermore. <\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To hear an excellent hymn study of this, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/issuesetc.org\/podcast\/654123010H1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, I played this hymn, \u201cChristians to the Paschal Victim\u201d and \u201cWe Praise You and Acknowledge You\u201d on repeat for at least a good 45 minutes. Yes, two out of three hymns are out of season. But I don\u2019t care, they\u2019re good hymns. I know we\u2019re in the season of Epiphany, but I love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15607,16840,491997],"tags":[75975328,75975329,35047428,40291744,48579601],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-epiphany","category-hymnody","tag-christmas","tag-epiphany","tag-hymnody-2","tag-issues-etc-2","tag-postaday2011"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}