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Today's Devotional

Sing, ye ransomed nations, sing
Praises to our newborn King,
Son of man our Maker is,
Lord of hosts and Prince of Peace.

Lo! He lays his glory by,
Emptied of his majesty!
See the God who all things made,
Humbly in a manger laid.

Cast we off our needless fear,
Boldly to his crèche draw near,
Jesus is our flesh and bone,
God-with-us is all our own.

Let us then with angels gaze
On our newborn monarch’s face,
With the choir celestial joined,
Shout the Savior of mankind.

Son of Man, will he despise
Man’s well-meaning sacrifice?
No; with condescending grace
He accepts his creature’s praise.
 
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Let us then our Prince proclaim,
Humbly chant Immanuel’s name,
Publish at his wondrous birth
Praise in heaven and peace on earth:

Triumph in our Savior’s love,
Till he takes us up above,
All his majesty displays,
Shows us all his glorious face.

About the author and the source

Methodist co-founder Charles Wesley (1707–1788), younger brother of John Wesley, wrote a number of nativity hymns. This excerpt comes from one.