"Fear Not," the Angel Said

TERRA BEATA SMD "This is My Father's World"

"Fear not!" the angel said, "God's joy is in the air!
Now go to Bethlehem and see a newborn baby there.
A Savior, yet a child! So young, and yet the Lord!"
God's grace astounds, God's love surrounds This sinful, hurting world.

Fear not, you hungry child, You homeless refugee,
You battered woman, burdened down-- God came to set you free.
For God's own Son was poor; He cried and suffered, too.
God's grace astounds; God's love abounds For people just like you.

Fear not when questions come: "How can I know God's way?"
"Do my possessions weigh me down?" "Can God change me today?"
For Jesus came to be True bread that satisfies;
And in his birth, God touched the earth. Christ saves, forgives, and guides.

Fear not, you church of Christ, Distracted and distressed,
For long ago in troubled times, Christ came, and we were blest.
Our Prince of Peace is born-- Our light, our life, our song!
In him we see our unity, In him God makes us strong.

Biblical References: Luke 2:1-20; 2 Corinthinans 8:9; John 6:35
Music: Franklin L. Sheppard, 1915
Text: Copyright © 1999 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.

Carolyn gives free one-time use of this hymn to congregations that support Church World Service.
This hymn was first published in the Christmas issue (Dec. 18-25, 2000) of The Presbyterian Outlook magazine.

Carolyn Winfrey Gillette is the co-pastor of the Limestone Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware and author of Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today's Worship is a collection of 45 new hymns published by Geneva Press. A complete list of her hymns can be found at http://firstpresby.org/hymnlist.htm .
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