Joy, hope, and peace--and love a-flame,
For Christ came down to dwell!
Salvation in Nativity:
The Lord Emmanuel,
The Lord Emmanuel,
The Lord, the Lord, with us did dwell!
As to the tune, it was left alone: I know my limits, and Handel is light years beyond them.
Peace to all, and Merry Christmas!
UPDATE: Watts had the last laugh! The powerpoint froze as soon as my new fifth verse appeared, and the congregational singing fell apart. To give it another chance, I asked the pianist to play Joy to the World again as the closing hymn, and had our tech reset the slide show; but, thinking that the same problem would occur again, our worship liaison instructed the pianist not to play the extra verse. Oh well!
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