{"id":4839,"date":"2013-12-18T13:54:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2013-12-18T13:54:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:54:36","slug":"exult-in-the-saviours-birth-new-advent-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/exult-in-the-saviours-birth-new-advent-song\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Exult in the Saviour&#8217;s Birth&#8221;: New Advent Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>D.A. Carson and Matt Boswell have written a new song,\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/exultinthesaviorsbirth\/\">Exult in the Savior&#8217;s Birth<\/a>,&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0which we&#8217;ve been singing through this Advent season. It&#8217;s a great song for pondering, revering, and adoring the incarnate Christ who is our King from Heaven. It&#8217;s available <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/exultinthesaviorsbirth\/\">here<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0as a free download.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an introduction to the song followed by the lyrics:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/79499250?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Verse 1<\/strong><br \/>\nShepherds watched<br \/>\ntheir flocks at night,<br \/>\nattending lowly sheep;<br \/>\nNow within a cattle shed,<br \/>\na much stranger watch they keep.<\/p>\n<p>Today, a Saviour has been born<br \/>\nand He is Christ, the Lord;<br \/>\nPlaced within a humble trough,<br \/>\nthis baby must be adored.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verse 2<\/strong><br \/>\nPagan wise men from the East<br \/>\nseek out the infant King;<br \/>\nTrackless miles behind them lie<br \/>\nand now all their rev\u00e2\u20ac\u2122rence bring.<\/p>\n<p>They have come to worship Him<br \/>\nwith spices and with gold;<br \/>\nCountless millions seek Him still,<br \/>\nwho\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s advent was long foretold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verse 3<\/strong><br \/>\nFor to us a child is born,<br \/>\nto us a Son is giv\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n;<br \/>\nHe shall reign in righteousness,<br \/>\nthis Counselor King from heav\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n.<\/p>\n<p>The government will rest on Him,<br \/>\nHe is the mighty God;<br \/>\nPrince of Peace, this gentle King<br \/>\nyet rules with a mighty rod.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verse 4<\/strong><br \/>\nScriptures say that Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s boy<br \/>\nwas born that he might die;<br \/>\nAngel voices burst in praise,<br \/>\ntheir harmony fills the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Sing, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Glory in the highest heav\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nSing, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gracious peace on earth!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nThose on whom His favor rests,<br \/>\nexult in the Saviour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Read,\u00c2\u00a0listen to, meditate, and pray through these words this Christmas.\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/exultinthesaviorsbirth\/\">Click here<\/a> to download the song for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D.A. Carson and Matt Boswell have written a new song,\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;Exult in the Savior&#8217;s Birth,&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0which we&#8217;ve been singing through&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/exult-in-the-saviours-birth-new-advent-song\/\">Continue Reading &rsaquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4839"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4843,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4839\/revisions\/4843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}