Two Early Gifts

This post is an early Christmas present to you, two songs to lift your spirits for the season: one from a book, the other a YouTube video. I hope to post my annual Christmas ‘story’ for you soon.

I discovered this first ‘song’ while reading Book Two of the Eliot Chronicles. I loved the happy lilt and could imagine the children performing it in the old inn for Yuletide:

Sing hey for the moon and the starry sky,
The river, the wood and the sea,
For the fish and birds and animals all,
And the grass so green on the lea.
But most of all for the fair Christmas rose
And the lights on the candled tree.

Sing hey for the chimney and roof-tree wide,
Sing hey for the walls and the floor,
For the warmth of fire on the glowing hearth
And the welcoming open door.
And most of all for the peace and goodwill
And the joy at our deep heart’s core.

Sing hey for the men, the hosts of this house,
Sing hey for the first and the last,
Sing hey for the guests who have gathered here,
Both tonight and in pages past,
And sing hey for the love between host and guest
That will hold them for ever fast.

Sing hey for the God who fashioned for us
This bountiful splendor of earth,
Sing hey for courage and wisdom and love,
For beauty and healing and mirth.
But most for the Child Who on Christmas Day
Took upon Him our human birth.

~ from The Herb of Grace by Elizabeth Goudge.                                                               I was so taken by this book that I have asked for an Herb of Grace shrub, also called rue, for Christmas.

And here is a song I heard for the first time the other day, Phil Wickham’s “Manger Throne.”    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN1cqABGM5Q

Author: Brenda Proulx

Wife, mother and grandmother, educator and someone who thinks about the things I observe. I am the daughter of a writer; my dad's career was in the field of journalism. More significantly, I am God's child, a person believing in Jesus Christ and in His timeless Word. Blogging is new to me but I feel like I've always had a pen in my hand. I jot notes in my planner, mark papers, underline verses, write many letters, and occasionally draft articles for work or church. When I am not holding a pen, I am probably cuddling a mug of coffee. View all posts by Brenda Proulx