MUSIC BY AREND VAN TEUTEM

 

CD

Words by Helen van Teutem

This precious night when time stood still,

released from fear and pain and ill,

to capture hope and combat wrong,

to learn again the angel song,

of truth and love and joy and peace,

and endless joy that cannot cease.


So settle well and listen keen,

and learn again the timeless theme,

of truth and love and joy and peace.


This hopeful night a child was born

to rescue all who felt forlorn,

the prophets told the vision bright

to lighten those who walked in night.

A child to save redeem restore

to give new meaning to the law.

Th’eternal night set now in time

needs to be now for yours and mine

the Christmas chance to change the world

to share his birth, his joys unfurled.


The same joy now, the same hope then,

so glimpse the scene and enter when

God’s grace revealed to us and them

and learn again the timeless theme

of truth and love and joy and peace.

So settle well and listen keen

and learn again the timeless theme

of truth and love and joy and peace.


This poignant night for those that shared

a young girl’s fear, a husband’s dread,

the shepherd’s haste to see the child,

the wise men’s journey through the wild.


All shared the vision, held the dream,

now passed to us to join the scene,

so settle well and listen keen,

and learn again the timeless theme

of truth and love and joy and peace.

Choir (Words)