Herald Angels Sing

Christmas is a holiday full with joy. During this season, we think about presents. Family is a big part of the holidays. Music can bring us all together and some will talk about Christ, and His birth. “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” is one of these songs and it has a very interesting history, a message in the song about our Lord and Savior’s birth, and favorites always occur in songs and stanzas - mine for this song are just around the corner. ”Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” has some history and background that can fascinate you. This beloved Christmas carol first appeared in 1739, in the Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems. Charles Wesley was the original author of the song, and God chose him and his brother were to bring about an awakening
One of the parts that stand out to me, is when it says, “Jesus, our Emmanuel,” because Emmanuel means “God with us,” Jesus is God with us, He has dwelled among us but some people don’t get that. Another one of those parts that stand out to me is the part that says, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing: Glory to the newborn King!”, for even the royal messenger angels sing to glorify Jesus, so that means: we should glorify Jesus! One of my favorite stanzas of the song is the first stanza, ”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…,” because it tells us that God and we are not separated anymore, making me happy, it tells us to join to worship Jesus, and that success was ours because Jesus was born. My second favorite stanza is the second stanza, “Christ by highest heav'n 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…,” because it says, “Christ our everlasting Lord!”, it means that He is eternal, that He will be the one we can always go to for help or a nice chat, and that we will be eternal, since we are sons and daughters of God, the King most High. My favorite lines of the song are “Jesus, our Emmanuel,” because it stands out to me, and it’s really awesome that when we get to see Jesus, we’ll know that He’s God with us and that’ll help me to not doubt Him and His power. My second favorite line says, “Peace on earth and mercy mild”; this is my second favorite stanza because the angels were proclaiming peace on the earth, like, that I would proclaim peace if I wouldn’t have to do it in public, and the “mercy mild” part means like to me that the compassion and pity that God gives us is real, not to mock us, and that it comes gently. These are the parts