...and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by; yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light-the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary-and gathered all above, while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch...

...arriving. O Jerusalem! What the carol writer said of near-by Bethlehem is appropriate for you, as well: "The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee, tonight."2 Occasionally words spoken — or written — at one time take on deeper meanings with the...

...Her breath caught in her throat, sensations of tenderness cascading within. ""Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years . . .'" A few snowflakes swirled onto her face, melting instantly, bringing her back to the December...

...by." , I seem to see the sleeping town Among dark mountains nestled down. . "Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night!" I see a manger, cold and gray, A Baby cradled in the hay! " For Christ is bom of Mary And gathered...

...from certain darkness. This is another theological truth that children know. "But in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light. The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight." It translates here below as profound peace. Something enormous is going on, but it means us and our...

...Humanity with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! ***** The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight. These excerpts are, respectively, lines 1-4 of verse 4 and verse 8 of America The Beautiful, lines...

...the contextuaJized Bethlehem, a town that he had in fact recently visited, in decontextualized terms: "The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight." In theology, this is called "salvation history," a phrase coined by the Germans. It means that Bethlehem...

...maybe I didn't mean it?" "Leo ... I always wanted to think you didn't mean it." Yet in the dark night shineth The everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight . . . Sandy Adamson gazed at the return address on the envelope. The lump in his throat grew larger...

...Christ, God's grand Yes to all humanity. This is what we mean when we sing at Advent and Christmas, "The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight." We say the "Amen": "Amen" is a Hebrew word adopted by early Christianity from synagogue worship, where...

...we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary, And gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch...