GO TELL IT
Liturgical Use: Christmas morning; a Christmas candlelight service; “carols from many lands” service; the refrain could be used by itself as a chorus on Christmas Day, or it could be com bined with the Easter refrain version (see above) and used during worship services that focus on missions.
Stanza Arc
The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: From apostolic commission to incarnational humility: the hymn moves from the imperative to proclaim Christ's birth universally, through the angelic announcement to shepherds, to the paradox of divine salvation arriving in lowly circumstances.