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A Manger Filled With Love

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    Have you ever noticed how few words rhyme with "love?" Because of this unfortunate state of the English language, I had to make a hard choice--either abandon the concept I wanted to use for my 1997 "Christmas Card Carol" or write yet another song using the old above/love rhyme. As you might expect, I went with the rhyme.

      Lyrics:
      The shadows fell o'er Bethlehem, and o'er the waiting world
      And darkness gathered 'round the shepherds biding in the fields
      When in a moment song and splendor rent the skies above
      And the night was filled with wonders
      And a manger was filled with Love

      Ah, that I had seen the shepherds come to seek the Lamb
      And looked with them on Jesus' face, and touched the infant hands
      And felt with them the Father's peace descending from above
      When their hearts were filled with wonder
      At a manger filled with Love

      I need not see the Holy Child to know him for my King
      I need not hear the voice of heaven's host re-echoing
      For I have heard the Spirit's witness whispered from above
      And my heart is filled with wonder
      At a manger filled with Love

      A voice as pure as angel-song has spoken from above
      And my heart is filled with wonder
      At a manger filled with Love

      Church Music Submission: Relief Society division--Award of Merit 2003 (SSA)