Angels From The Realms of Glory

Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth.

Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching o’er your flocks by night,
God with us is now residing;
Yonder shines the infant light:

Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations;
Ye have seen His natal star.

Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear;
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
In His temple shall appear.

-Refrain-
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.

Words: James Mont­gom­e­ry, 1816
Music: Re­gent Square, Hen­ry T. Smart

I do enjoy caroling and this carol is alway a standard. I heard it on the radio this morning and wanted to post the special words for ya'll. Here's the tune if you want to listen while you read:

I pray that all of you are enjoying this Christmas season and that you have a very blessed Lord's day!

Love,

Miss Laurie

I Just Discovered...

...that Hallmark has made a sequel to one of my favorite holiday films! An Old-Fashioned Christmas is premiering this weekend on the Hallmark Channel! This is filmed as a sequel to Louisa May Alcott's An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving which has become a standard Thanksgiving film that my family enjoys watching each year. Thanks to It's A Wonderful Movie blog (see their post here) for bringing this exciting news to my attention!

An Old-Fashioned Christmas will continue the story of Matilda "Tilly" Basset as she travels with her grandmother Isabella Caldwell to Europe. The two ladies travel to Ireland where Tilly looks forward to meeting her paternal grandfather Sean Basset and Isabella tries to help her granddaughter with her writings by introducing her to writer (and an old beau) the Earl of Shannon. They find the Earl and his ancestral home in shambles. Lady Shannon forms a plan to marry her charming son Cameron to Tilly and her grandmother's money. A visit from Tilly's beloved Gideon "Gad" may be the perfect Christmas present to set things to right!

I'm glad to see seasoned actress Jacqueline Bisset reprise the role of Tilly's grandmother Isabella Caldwell.

Tilly herself will be portrayed by a different face, actress Catherine Steadman. Catherine is a British born actress who I enjoyed very much as Julia Bertram in the 2007 adaptation of Mansfield Park (although I still wish he had been Fanny Price instead). A very pretty young lady who seems to do well with the American accent!

Actor Kristopher Turner reprises his role as Gideon Hopkins, Tilly's beloved childhood friend.

Leon Ockenden as charming rogue Cameron and Marion O'Dwyer as Lady Shannon.

The Costumes look delightful! Beautiful colors and patterns!

I found this trailer for the film on YouTube:

There's also this lovely Behind the Scenes video, but be forewarned there are a few spoilers included! :)

Doesn't it look interesting?

If you get the Hallmark Channel I hope that you will check out An Old-Fashioned Christmas. If you see it let me know what you think! I don't currently have cable but hope to see the film soon and hopefully it will be released on DVD.

Hope you have a lovely weekend!

Very Truly Your's,

Christmas Header

I'm so excited that December is here and Christmas is coming soon! At my house we are decorating our tree today so I'm in the decorating mood!

My Christmas header features Ramola Garai as Emma Woodhouse all dressed up for a Christmas party at the Weston's house. Also I've changed out the art in my side bar for some Christmas scenes.


Below is my previous header:




Hope you're having a lovely day and having fun with Christmas plans and activities!


Your's Very Truly,

From Blog Signatures

Guess What...

...my family and I are going to get our Christmas tree!

Decorating the tree is one of my favorite things to do! I just wish we had a little more snow on the ground or in the air.

What are your favorite Christmas activities?

Your's Very Truly,

We Gather Together

One of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns!

We Gather Together

We gather together
to ask the Lord's blessing;
he chastens and hastens
his will to make known.
The wicked oppressing
now cease from distressing.
Sing praises to his name,
he forgets not his own.

Beside us to guide us,
our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining
his kingdom divine;
so from the beginning
the fight we were winning;
thou, Lord, wast at our side,
all glory be thine!

We all do extol thee,
thou leader triumphant,
and pray that thou still
our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation
escape tribulation;
thy name be ever praised!
O Lord, make us free!

Words: Nederlandtsch Gedencklanck; trans. by Theodore Baker
Music: 16th cent. Dutch melody; arr. by Edward Kremser (1838-1914)

Organ arrangement of the hymn: