Of the Father's Heart Begotten-Choirs of Bath/Winchester Cathedral

[ti:Of the Father's Love Begotten] [ar:Choirs of Bath & Winchester Cathedral] [al:Christmas Carols from a Cathedral] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Choirs of Bath/Winchester Cathedral [00:00.47]Written by：Traditional/Henry W. Baker/Aurelius C. Prudentius/John M. Neale [00:00.94]Of the father's love begotten [00:06.97]Ere the worlds from chaos rose [00:11.87]He is Alpha from that Fountain [00:18.00]All that is and hath been flows [00:22.93]He is Omega of all things [00:30.41]Yet to come the mystic close [00:35.42]Evermore and evermore [00:42.52] [00:44.73]By his word was all created [00:51.51]He commanded and 'twas done [00:56.25] [00:56.75]Earth and sky and boundless ocean [01:03.35]Universe of three in one [01:08.57]All that sees the moon's soft radiance [01:16.24] [01:16.80]All that breathes beneath the sun [01:22.12]Evermore and evermore [01:28.09] [01:32.67]He assumed this mortal body [01:38.87]Frail and feeble doomed to die [01:44.08]That the race from dust created [01:50.52]Might not perish utterly [01:55.65]Which the dreadful law had sentenced [02:03.20]In the depths of hell to lie [02:07.99] [02:08.53]Evermore and evermore [02:16.14] [02:17.99]O how blest that wondrous birthday [02:24.71]When the maid the curse retrieved [02:30.67]Brought to birth mankind's salvation [02:37.24]By the Holy Ghost conceived [02:42.74]And the babe the world's redeemer [02:50.82]In her loving arms received [02:56.29]Evermore and evermore [03:03.76] [03:06.00]This is he whom seer and sibyl [03:12.32]Sang in ages long gone by [03:17.48]This is he of old revealed [03:23.79]In the page of prophecy [03:29.00]Lo [03:29.84]He comes the promised saviour [03:36.36]Let the world his praises cry [03:41.75]Evermore and evermore [03:49.70] [03:51.49]Sing ye heights of heaven his praises [03:58.57]Angels and Archangels sing [04:03.71]Wheresoe'er ye be ye faithful [04:09.55] [04:10.11]Let your joyous anthems ring [04:15.27]Every tongue his name confessing [04:23.00]Countless voices answering [04:28.23]Evermore and evermore