Glory to God ‎#153

153. In Bethlehem a Newborn Boy

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Text Information

• First Line: In Bethlehem, a newborn boy
• Title: In Bethlehem a Newborn Boy
• Author: Rosamond E. Herklots (1969, alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Matthew 2:7-23
• Topic: Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth
• Copyright: © 1981 Oxford University Press

Tune Information

• Name: IN BETHLEHEM
• Composer: Wilbur Held (1983)
• Meter: LM
• Key: a minor
• Copyright: © 1983 Wilbur Held
• Notes: Guitar chords do not correspond with keyboard harmony.

Text Information:

The Slaughter of the Innocents (Matthew 2:16–18) is not an event we like to think about, but this text shows how it connects to the ongoing suffering of parents and children in our world today. Only the love that led Christ to the cross can bear the weight of such human anguish.