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Doxology Adaption of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hey Everybody -
This Sunday I’ll be leading the traditional version of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” by Charles Wesley.
Years ago, I wrote a 4th “stanza” to this carol, and I call it my “Doxology Adaptation”. Feel free to use this as you wish.
I’m serious - try it .. hopefully, you can feel the meter and timing of the words below with the melody of the song. It works really well.
“The Doxology Adaptation”
(by Fred McKinnon, to the tune of Hark the Herald Angels Sing)
Praise God from all blessings flow
Praise Him creatures here below
Praise Him all ye heavenly hosts
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Praise Him for the Savior’s birth!
Praise Him, He who came to earth!
To redeem us from the fall
Son of God, the Maker of all
Hark! The herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King.
Whatcha think ... can you hear it? Will you sing it or try it out?
This Sunday I’ll be leading the traditional version of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” by Charles Wesley.
Years ago, I wrote a 4th “stanza” to this carol, and I call it my “Doxology Adaptation”. Feel free to use this as you wish.
I’m serious - try it .. hopefully, you can feel the meter and timing of the words below with the melody of the song. It works really well.
“The Doxology Adaptation”
(by Fred McKinnon, to the tune of Hark the Herald Angels Sing)
Praise God from all blessings flow
Praise Him creatures here below
Praise Him all ye heavenly hosts
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Praise Him for the Savior’s birth!
Praise Him, He who came to earth!
To redeem us from the fall
Son of God, the Maker of all
Hark! The herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King.
Whatcha think ... can you hear it? Will you sing it or try it out?
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by David Goodwin on -
Hey Fred...can definitely hear it, and tis v.cool . I would have led this in my old church, but...
not in my current one...not least as I don't think many people in our church would even know what a doxology is, let alone the famous words...LOL
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Permalink Reply by fmckinnon on -
David,
Haha... yeah, I can relate to that ... already on my blog where we're discussing this (I posted the same thing there at fredmckinnon.com), a few guys are talking about how they don't have ANYTHING traditional. That kinda makes me sad a little, though. Not all tradition is bad ... some of the heritage should be preserved, me thinks.
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Permalink Reply by David Goodwin on
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True...though at the same time, I think it makes sense to work with your own local church heritage, and not impose tradition or heritage which may belong somewhere else.
Our church was built on new songs (as per the numerous Psalms references to that), and I've learnt that trying to bring old songs, let alone hymns, is rarely the right thing for us. So I let my choral tendencies be fed at home in my own private worship times :-)
All that said...we recently held a praise concert...and opened with a clever (if I don't say so myself) melding of "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross" with "I Exalt Thee" - it was great...but again, wouldn't work for our worship services.
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Permalink Reply by David Goodwin on
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Forgot to mention (my wife just reminded me)...we opened the intro for When I Survey with one of our team playing the didgeridoo. Very very cool. He's Aboriginal too, so it was even authentic!
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