Hail to the Lord’s Anointed, Great David’s greater Son!Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun!He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free;To take away transgression, And rule in equity. He shall come down like showers Upon the fruitful earth;And love, joy, hope, like flowers, Spring in His path to birth:Before Him on the mountains Shall peace, the […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th January
Of the Father’s love begottenere the worlds began to be,he is Alpha and Omega,he the source, the ending he,of the things that are, that have been,and that future years shall see:evermore and evermore. By his word was all created;he commanded, and ‘twas done;earth and sky and boundless ocean,universe of Three in One,all that sees the […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd January
1. Before the world began one Word was there; grounded in God he was, rooted in care; by him all things were made; in him was love displayed; through him God spoke and said ‘I AM FOR YOU.’ 2. Life found in him its source; death found its end; light found in him […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd January
In the bleak mid-winterFrosty wind made moan;Earth stood hard as iron,Water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow,Snow on snow,In the bleak mid-winterLong ago. Our God, heaven cannot hold HimNor earth sustain,Heaven and earth shall flee awayWhen He comes to reign:In the bleak mid-winterA stable-place sufficedThe Lord God Almighty —Jesus Christ. Enough for Him, […]
URC Daily Devotion – 1st January 2018
O little town of BethlehemHow still we see thee lieAbove thy deep and dreamless sleepThe silent stars go byYet in thy dark streets shinethThe everlasting LightThe hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee tonight For Christ is born of MaryAnd gathered all aboveWhile mortals sleep, the angels keepTheir watch of wondering loveO morning stars […]
URC Daily Devotion 31st December
It came upon the midnight clear,That glorious song of old,From angels bending near the earth,To touch their harps of gold:“Peace on the earth, goodwill to all,From heaven’s all-gracious King.”The world in solemn stillness lay,To hear the angels sing. Still through the cloven skies they come,With peaceful wings unfurled,And still their heavenly music floatsO’er all the […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th December
John was a member of the Wyclif family of Richmond in Yorkshire and was born in about the year 1330. He was a fellow of Merton College Oxford, and Master of Balliol, but his expulsion from the Wardenship of Canterbury Hall (later incorporated into Christ Church) in favour of a monastic foundation led to a […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th December
Who would think that what was neededTo transform and save the earthMight not be a plan or army,Proud in purpose, proved in worth?Who would think, despite derision,That a child should lead the way?God surprises earth with heaven,Coming here on Christmas Day. Shepherds watch and wise men wonder,Monarchs scorn and angels sing;Such a place as none […]
URC Devotion 28th December
Lullay, Thou little tiny Child,By, by, lully, lullay.Lullay, Thou little tiny Child.By, by, lully, lullay. O sisters, too, how may we do,For to preserve this day;This poor Youngling for whom we sing,By, by, lully, lullay. Herod the King, in his raging,Charged he hath this day;His men of might, in his own sight,All children young, to […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th December
O Come, all ye faithful,joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem:come and behold himborn the King of angels: O come, let us adore him (x3)Christ the Lord. God of God,Light of light,lo, he abhors not the virgin’s womb;very God,begotten, not created: See how the shepherds,summoned to the cradle,leaving their flocks, draw nigh […]