Come Children Of This Long, Discarded Night is a brand new song by Rebecca Reynolds, Jeff Taylor and Ron Block.
Ron and Rebecca collaborated on Ron’s album Walking Song which was released earlier this year.
Ron is part of Union Station, the band who normally perform with Alison Kraus.
You can read Ron’s introduction to the song here, and Rebecca’s companion post to the song here.
The lyrics.
Come, children of this long, discarded night
Encumbered by the bonds of labor’s strain
What burns against the pitch of heaven’s veil?
To woo each mortal soul from Eden’s pain?
Come, trouble of the slow, forsaken years
Bent low from friendless journey o’er the earth
While hearts of men have worn to sod and stone,
What brightness hearkens like the fires of home?
CHORUS:
Oh, hear the shining thrill of grace resound!
The ancient throng in wonder now declares
That Love is born!
That Love is born!
All glory be to God on high,
All peace, good will toward men in Him is found.
Come, children of each dark and distant land
From stories of a kind and noble king
These winds that stir thy thrumming heart’s desire
Proclaim the hope that this glad even’ brings.
Come, impulse of thy tired, waning joy
Come thirst, and want, and pining, bitter grief
Lift up your eyes, behold what radiance stirs
To remedy each sorrow sprung from earth.
CHORUS:
Oh, hear the shining thrill of grace resound!
The ancient throng in wonder now declares
That Love is born!
That Love is born!
All glory be to God on high,
All peace, good will toward men in Him is found.
All peace, good will toward men in Him is found.
Music by Ron Block, Moonlight Canyon Publishing, BMI
Words by Rebecca Reynolds, Wynken Owl, BMI
Copyright 2013
Someone made a youtube with embedded lyrics.
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