God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. Over the centuries, times and meanings have changed. ![]() ![]() The hymn is one of the oldest known Christmas carols. The song we sing today has a completely different meaning then at the time it originated. Songwriters: Grace Price / Robert Lee Black The hymn God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is over 500 years. Read the words “God rest ye merry gentleman” and listen to the Christmas hymn, take in their meaning and how it fits into your life this Christmas. He wants to give you comfort.Ĭomforting Words: “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman” Lutheranism is all about the comforting of troubled consciences! In Christ, God wants to forgive everyone. It’s easy to go “astray” from what we “NEED”. It does no good to want a vacation, lust for that new car, new furniture, or desire a big screen TV. Instead of stressing about what I don’t have, I concentrate on what I have. I recently started working from home, we have had financial challenges. Thou Shall Not Covet: You want more money, you chase money, you “need” more money, you worry about it, stress about it, and it can physically cause you harm in high blood pressure and a heart attack. God rest you merry, Gentlemen Let nothing you dismay For Jesus Christ our Saviour Was born upon this Day To save poor souls from Satan's power Which long time had gone astray Which brings tidings of comfort and joy. This song fell out of favor with denominational hymn books in the last decade, largely because its lyrics. So I’ll do what I do to my Sunday School kids. Satan would like you to hang on to your sin, make it a burden, weigh on your heart every day. To save us all from Satan’s power when we were gone astray… When you let go of your sins, give them to Jesus, ask for forgiveness it gives you COMFORT. ![]() During my 25 years of teaching Sunday School, there have been few things more satisfying than seeing that look on a child’s face when they truly understand your lesson. They are beyond coloring (sometimes) and starting to get into some deep questions. I teach Sunday school, right now it’s 4th-6th grade and it’s a wonderful age to teach. I’ve talked about how going to church gives me comfort, how Jesus is a great Almighty counselor and today is all about comfort. “Comfort, comfort, my people” (Isaiah 40:1) Listen to the word of God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman by Pentatonix and really listen. However, as these both merged into modern "you", common knowledge of the distinction was lost and "ye" is now often interpreted as simply an older form of "you" in all cases.Tidings of Comfort and joy! It’s a Christmas carol, but the word to God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman is also a theme for Advent. Yet to completely uncover the final key to solving this mystery of meaning, a comma. The originally intended way to parse the sentence would be "God rest you merry, gentlemen," meaning something like, "May you be well, gentlemen."Īnd if we're being very pedantic, the third word in the line was originally "you", not "ye", since "you" was the object form of the pronoun and "ye" was the subject form. The word rest in God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen simply means keep or make. ![]() The title line is commonly interpreted to be the singer addressing a group of "merry gentlemen" and wishing them rest however, the phrase "God rest you merry" was a common expression of good wishes in medieval and early modern England. To save poor souls from Satans power, Which long time had gone astray.
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