The Love of Christmas

Original Music: Living for Jesus, C. Harold Lowden, 1883-1963

The love of Christmas is Christ come to earth
Born of a virgin, immaculate birth.
The faithful promise long spoken from God,
Giving creation the hope of his love.

Chorus:
O Jesus, Lord and Savior, is God’s own answer to
Thy just demand and payment that I’m indebted to,
My sins deserve thy judgment,
My pride deceives my heart,
The hope God gave on Christmas day,
Laid humbly in the dark.

The gift of Christmas is life from above,
Wrapped in man’s nature to demonstrate love.
Divine forbearance passed over our sin,
Making atonement to justify men.

Chorus:

The love of Christmas, the light of the world
Came to the darkness to find his lost pearl.
Joy in the morning by grace we are found
The Christmas treasure; God’s love has come down.

Chorus:

Such love constrains me to do thy good will
What I once hated now long to fulfill.
Thy Holy Spirit gives faith and true life
Born of thy goodness, an end to sin’s strife.

Chorus:

In That Day

Original Music: I want to be a Christian, Negro spiritual; adapt. Frederick Work, 1879-1942
(Amos 9: 11-15, Rev. 21: 2-5)

Christian hope in God’s own coming in that day, in that day
Christian hope in God’s own coming in that day.
In that day, (in that day) In that day, (in that day)
God will raise the holy remnant in that day.

Christian live for God’s own glory in that day, in that day
Christian live for God’s own glory in that day.
In that day, (in that day) In that day, (in that day)
God will raise the fortunes fallen in that day.

God will wipe away all suff’ring in that day, in that day
God will wipe away all suff’ring in that day.
In that day, (in that day) In that day, (in that day)
Behold Christ makes all things new in that day.

God will live among his people in that day, in that day
God will live among his people in that day.
In that day, (in that day) In that day, (in that day)
God’s own King will reign forever in that day.

Go rest high in God’s own dwelling in that day, in that day
Go rest high in God’s own dwelling in that day.
In that day, (in that day) In that day, (in that day)
God will raise the holy city in that day.