FOREST GREEN

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: From contemplation of Christ's humble birth in obscurity to personal invitation for Christ's transformative indwelling; movement from historical event to soteriological application

Associated Hymn Texts (15)

• A Child Is Born in Bethlehem — Cyril Argentine Alington (1909)
• And Have the Bright Immensities — William Channing Gannett (1904)
• As Men of Old Their Firstfruits Brought — Frank von Christierson (1961)
• Awake O Spirit Who Inspired — Henry H. Tweedy (1928)
• First Song of Isaiah — Isaac Watts (1715)
• Lord, Help Us Walk Your Servant Way — Sylvia G. Dunstan (1991)
• O Christ, Who Called the Twelve — Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (1993)
• We Sing for All the Unsung Saints — Sylvia G. Dunstan (1991)
• Where Shepherds Lately Knelt — Jaroslav J. Vajda (1967)
• Almighty God, Your Word is Cast — John Cawood (1819)
• For the Fruit of His Creation — Fred Pratt Green (1970)
• From Shepherding of Stars that Gaze — Unknown (1800)
• Let All Things Now Living — Katharine Kennicott Davis (1939)
• Twas in the Moon of Wintertime — Jesse Edgar Middendorf (1926)
• We Sing the Almighty Power of God — Isaac Watts (1715)