120. Where Shepherds Lately Knelt
Text Information |
First Line: |
Where shepherds lately knelt and kept the angel's word |
Title: |
Where Shepherds Lately Knelt |
Author: |
Jaroslav J. Vajda (1986) |
Meter: |
12.12.10.10 |
Language: |
English |
Publication Date: |
2013 |
Scripture: |
; ; |
Topic: |
Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth |
Copyright: |
© 1987 Concordia Publishing House |
ONE LICENSE: |
07034 |
Tune Information |
Name: |
MANGER SONG |
Composer: |
Carl F. Schalk (1986) |
Meter: |
12.12.10.10 |
Key: |
E Major |
Copyright: |
© 1986 GIA Publications, Inc. |
Notes: |
Guitar chords do not correspond with keyboard harmony. |
Text Information:Witnessing the beginning or the end of life evokes very personal responses (emphasized by the “for me” at the end of each stanza), especially when the scale is intimate, as in this imagined visit to Christ’s manger. The prophecies recalled in stanza three come from Isaiah 9:6.