Silent night, holy night!
1 Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright 'Round yon virgin mother and child. Holy Infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. 2 Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar; Heav'nly hosts sing "alleluia! Christ, the Savior, is born! Christ, the Savior, is born!" 3 Silent night, holy night! Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Text: Joseph Mohr, 1816 Melody: Franz Xaver Gruber, 1818 Taken on November 29, 2020 with an iPhone SE 2020 in the Village of Harrison, WI USA. This was previously published on December 24, 2020 and December 24, 2021.
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Timely Beauty "He has made everything beautiful in its time." Ecclesiastes 3:11a WEB This image was scanned from a photo probably taken with a Kodak Instamatic camera before 2007. Location is unknown.
"...Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!" Habakkuk 2:20 WEB
This photo was taken in the morning on July 27, 2023 with an iPhone SE in Harrison, WI USA. Reflections in the Stillness
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 WEB This photo of Garner’s Creek was taken with an iPhone SE on December 12, 2021 in Combined Locks, WI USA. Angels we have heard on high
1 Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o'er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echo back their joyous strains. Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heav'nly song. Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! Taken on June 14, 2007 with a Canon PowerShot A630 on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska USA. This was previously published on December 26, 2020. Quietly Reflecting
“Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.” – Hans Margolius Taken on June 30, 2007 with a Canon PowerShot A630 in Vegreville, Alberta, Canada. I am not able find biographical information for Hans Margolius so there is not a link for him. Angels we have heard on high
1 Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o'er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echo back their joyous strains. Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heav'nly song. Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! Taken on June 14, 2007 with a Canon PowerShot A630 on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska USA. Now Thank We All Our God
1 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom his world rejoices; who from our mothers' arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 2 O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us, to keep us in his grace, and guide us when perplexed, and free us from all ills of this world in the next. 3 All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given, the Son and Spirit blest, who reign in highest heaven the one eternal God, whom heaven and earth adore; for thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore. Psalter Hymnal (Gray), 1987 Author: Martin Rinkart Translator: Catherine Winkworth Taken on June 14, 2007 with. a Canon PowerShot A630. on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska USA. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation! All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near; Praise Him in glad adoration. 2 Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth, Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth! Hast thou not seen how thy desires e’er have been Granted in what He ordaineth? 3 Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee; Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee; Ponder anew what the Almighty can do, If with His love He befriend thee. 4 Praise to the Lord, who, when tempests their warfare are waging, Who, when the elements madly around thee are raging, Biddeth them cease, turneth their fury to peace, Whirlwinds and waters assuaging. 5 Praise to the Lord, who, when darkness of sin is abounding, Who, when the godless do triumph, all virtue confounding, Sheddeth His light, chaseth the horrors of night, Saints with His mercy surrounding. 6 Praise to the Lord, oh, let all that is in me adore Him! All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him; Let the Amen sound from His people again, Gladly for aye we adore Him. Author: Joachim Neander, pub.1680 Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1863 Music: Lobe den Herren: Anonymous/Unknown, published in 1665 Harmony by William S. Bennett, 1864 1 “Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! 2 Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!” Psalm 150:1-2 (WEB) Taken on June 14, 2007 with a Canon A630 PowerShot on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska USA. “Quiet mind, quiet soul.” - Lailah Gifty Akita
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