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The Hymns of St. Ephrem for Advent (Demo)

by Pillar Church

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Prepare the way of the Lord Every valley shall be lifted Every mountain shall be made low Lord return to Zion By your spirit make us whole The king who gives the kingdom to all The priest who offers pardon to all The lamb who nourishes all by his body and his blood
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Blessed is He both hidden and seen Blessed is He who left the height of majesty You magnify all, come magnify me that I may tell about the glory of your birth proclaim your grace to all the earth Holy One, Jesus, come! Blessed is He who gave us all blessed is he who gave us all that he has gained O Father of all, your glorious day you gave not seraphim nor sent the cherubim you gave your only son instead Holy One, Jesus, come! All glory to thee, entirely! Glory to thee, from every tongue, entirely. Your birth is enough for all of us Great one became a child pure one became defiled O Living One, laid in the tomb In you we are renewed your washing washed us through Let us obtain life by your death Holy One, Jesus, come!
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You are a hidden sunrise You are a seed submerged You are a flash of light in the corner of our eyes By your Spirit make yourself known in the bread in the wine Be our Emmanuel! Who will measure you, who made himself small? How will we know you When you come among us?
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Shine Forth 02:53
As a seed is planted in hope of the nourishing light of day so you have touched us each and raised us that we may have sight again Generations yearn for fullness only you can bring Son of David, there is no other Come, Messiah, King Shine forth and fill the earth grow in us and bear good fruit shine forth and fill the earth come and gather us into your storehouse

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In November of 2014, a group of us at Pillar Church got together and wrote a collection of Advent songs based on the nativity hymns of St. Ephrem the Syrian, a church father from the 4th century. His hymns are one the church's best kept secrets. We took excerpts from them and wrote our own songs based on them.

We recorded them quickly, using scrappy gear, so they are rough demos. Our goal was to get these songs out as soon as possible, so that the people of Pillar can give them a listen and sing them with us in worship.

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released November 20, 2014

Rush recorded in November 2014 using scrappy gear and the nearest instruments by Andy Bast, Noah McLaren, and Steven Rodriguez.

Original album artwork by Stephanie Guarino.

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Pillar Church Holland, Michigan

Pillar Church is a dually affiliated church of the Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church in North America.

We create music for God's glory that reflects our context and the people of our community.
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