{"id":7951,"date":"2025-12-16T11:07:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/?p=7951"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:18:29","slug":"songs-we-sing-12-21-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/songs-we-sing-12-21-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs We Sing (12\/21\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are our songs for the fourth Sunday of Advent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/singyourpart.app\/library?songSlug=hymnal\/cc2020\/song\/554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">How Lovely Shines The Morning Star &#8211; D<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><\/em>God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen &#8211; G&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/singyourpart.app\/library?songSlug=hymnal\/cc2020\/song\/600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">As With Gladness Men of Old &#8211; G<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/singyourpart.app\/library?songSlug=hymnal\/cc2020\/song\/569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks &#8211; G<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hark! The Herald Angels Sing &#8211; F<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that we have never the sung &#8220;As With Gladness Men of Old&#8221; but it is set to the same simple and familiar tune as &#8220;For the Beauty of the Earth&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border wp-duotone-unset-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-Lovely-Shines-the-Morning-Star-dragged.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"7409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/songs-we-sing-5-4-25\/how-lovely-shines-the-morning-star-dragged\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-Lovely-Shines-the-Morning-Star-dragged.png\" data-orig-size=\"5100,6600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-permalink=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/songs-we-sing-5-4-25\/how-lovely-shines-the-morning-star-dragged-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-Lovely-Shines-the-Morning-Star-dragged-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"5100,6600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"How Lovely Shines the Morning Star (dragged) 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-Lovely-Shines-the-Morning-Star-dragged-2-791x1024.png\" 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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border wp-duotone-unset-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/God-Rest-Ye-Merry-Gentlemen-png-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"7929\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/songs-we-sing-12-7-25\/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen-png-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/God-Rest-Ye-Merry-Gentlemen-png-scaled.png\" data-orig-size=\"1978,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"7955\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/songs-we-sing-12-21-25\/600-as-with-gladness-men-of-old-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/600-As-with-Gladness-Men-of-Old-1-scaled.png\" data-orig-size=\"1978,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"600 As with Gladness Men of Old\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/600-As-with-Gladness-Men-of-Old-1-791x1024.png\" 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wp-duotone-unset-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/569-While-Shepherds-Watched-Their-Flocks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"7064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/songs-we-sing-11-17-24\/569-while-shepherds-watched-their-flocks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/569-While-Shepherds-Watched-Their-Flocks.png\" data-orig-size=\"1395,2299\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"569 While Shepherds 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