> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://mereorthodoxy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Christmas Hymns - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture - URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/christmas-hymns/ - Published: 2020-12-22T06:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-18T15:41:14.000Z - Description: Merry Christmas! For the Mere Fidelity Christmas show this year, Matt, Derek, and Alastair examine the theology embedded in three perennially favorite Christmas hymns. Scroll down on this post to read the rich lyrics while you listen. Mere Fidelity […] - Author: Mere Orthodoxy - Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson Merry Christmas! For the Mere Fidelity Christmas show this year, Matt, Derek, and Alastair examine the theology embedded in three perennially favorite Christmas hymns. Scroll down on this post to read the rich lyrics while you listen. Mere Fidelity is sponsored by [Lexham Press](https://lexhampress.com/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), and features the Lexham Press Book of the Month. For the month of December, our listeners will get a 25% discount on their purchase of [*Christ Our Salvation: Expositions & Proclamations*](https://lexhampress.com/product/192843/christ-our-salvation-expositions-and-proclamations?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), by John Webster, edited by Daniel Bush. *Christ Our Salvation* is an edifying and spiritually enriching collection of sermons by the renowned John Webster. [Be sure to apply the 25% discount to your purchase with the promo code MEREFIDELITYDEC as you checkout.](https://lexhampress.com/product/192843/christ-our-salvation-expositions-and-proclamations?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) **Timestamps & Lyrics:** December Promos \[1:54\] “Once in Royal David’s City” \[2:31\] [Peformed by The Choir of New College, Oxford](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkuNaltZx34&ref=mereorthodoxy.com) From the album [*Traditional and Modern Carols*](https://smile.amazon.com/Traditional-Modern-Carols-VARIOUS-ARTISTS/dp/B004754T8I?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) *1\. Once in royal David’s city* *Stood a lowly cattle shed,* *Where a mother laid her Baby* *In a manger for His bed:* *Mary was that mother mild,* *Jesus Christ her little Child.* *2\. He came down to earth from heaven,* *Who is God and Lord of all,* *And His shelter was a stable,* *And His cradle was a stall;* *With the poor, and mean, and lowly,* *Lived on earth our Savior holy.* *3\. And through all His wondrous childhood* *He would honor and obey,* *Love and watch the lowly maiden,* *In whose gentle arms He lay:* *Christian children all must be* *Mild, obedient, good as He.* *4\. For he is our childhood’s pattern;* *Day by day, like us He grew;* *He was little, weak and helpless,* *Tears and smiles like us He knew;* *And He feeleth for our sadness,* *And He shareth in our gladness.* *5\. And our eyes at last shall see Him,* *Through His own redeeming love;* *For that Child so dear and gentle* *Is our Lord in heaven above,* *And He leads His children on* *To the place where He is gone.* *6\. Not in that poor lowly stable,* *With the oxen standing by,* *We shall see Him; but in heaven,* *Set at God’s right hand on high;* *Where like stars His children crowned* *All in white shall wait around.* “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” \[16:27\] [Peformed by Fernando Ortego](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-k8lQe3lX4&ref=mereorthodoxy.com) From the album [*Come Down O Love Divine*](https://smile.amazon.com/Come-Divine-Fernando-Ortega-2011-07-12/dp/B01K8KFX9E?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) *1 Of the Father’s love begotten* *ere the worlds began to be,* *he is Alpha and Omega,* *he the Source, the Ending he,* *of the things that are, that have been,* *and that future years shall see,* *evermore and evermore!* *2 O that birth forever blessed,* *when the Virgin, full of grace,* *by the Holy Ghost conceiving,* *bore the Savior of our race;* *and the babe, the world’s Redeemer,* *first revealed his sacred face,* *evermore and evermore!* *3 This is he whom heav’n-taught singers* *sang of old with one accord,* *whom the Scriptures of the prophets* *promised in their faithful word;* *now he shines, the long expected;* *let creation praise its Lord,* *evermore and evermore!* *4 O ye heights of heav’n, adore him;* *angel hosts, his praises sing:* *all dominions, bow before him* *and extol our God and King;* *let no tongue on earth be silent,* *ev’ry voice in concert ring,* *evermore and evermore!* *5 Christ, to thee, with God the Father,* *and, O Holy Ghost, to thee,* *hymn and chant and high thanksgiving* *and unwearied praises be,* *honor, glory, and dominion* *and eternal victory,* *evermore and evermore!* “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” \[28:10\] [Performed by The Choir of Merton College, Oxford](https://open.spotify.com/track/7kOCPSL2pV1UXKcVZ2L04T?si=MG9AhykWRV6cCaIWr%5FwEYw&ref=mereorthodoxy.com) From the album [*O Holy Night: A Merton Christmas*](https://smile.amazon.com/Merton-Christmas-Various-Artists/dp/B075GBNF1R?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) *Hark! The herald-angels sing* *“Glory to the newborn king;* *Peace on earth and mercy mild,* *God and sinners reconciled”* *Joyful all ye nations rise,* *Join the triumph of the skies* *With the angelic host proclaim* *“Christ is born in Bethlehem”* *Hark! The herald-angels sing* *“Glory to the new-born king”* *Christ, by highest heaven adored* *Christ, the everlasting Lord,* *Late in time behold Him come* *Offspring of a Virgin’s womb:* *Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,* *Hail the incarnate Deity* *Pleased as man with man to dwell* *Jesus, our Emmanuel* *Hark! The herald-angels sing* *“Glory to the newborn King”* *Hail the Heaven-born Prince of Peace!* *Hail the Son of Righteousness!*[*\[10\]*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hark!%5FThe%5FHerald%5FAngels%5FSing?ref=mereorthodoxy.com#cite%5Fnote-10) *Light and life to all He brings,* *Risen with healing in His wings;* *Mild He lays His glory by* *Born that man no more may die* *Born to raise the sons of earth* *Born to give them second birth* *Hark! The herald angels sing* *“Glory to the new-born king”* “[Lower Still](https://myepicrock.com/music-2/yet/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)” by My Epic \[40:42\] December Promotions and End Of Year Plans \[47:47\] To support Mere Fidelity financially, visit our Patreon [here](https://www.patreon.com/merefidelity?ty=h&ref=mereorthodoxy.com). Follow [Derek](https://twitter.com/dzrishmawy?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), [Andrew](https://twitter.com/ajwtheology?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), and [Alastair](https://twitter.com/zugzwanged?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to [Timothy Crouch](https://twitter.com/program%5Fnotes?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for keeping us organized. Thanks to [Tim Motte](https://twitter.com/biotrom?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for his sound editing. [And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.](http://www.noisetrade.com/thejoyeternal/a-sweet-and-bitter-providence-single?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)