Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

I'm accompanied by my beloved husband on guitar, singing an old Advents Hymn, and wishing all our friends and family a blessed Christmas. This is the First Time I ever sang in public.

The Lyrics:
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand.
Ponder nothing earthly minded,
For with blessings in His hand,
Christ our God to earth decendeth,
Our whole homage to demand.

King of Kings yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood.
Lord of Lord in human vesture,
In the body and the blood.
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.

Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of Lights decendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish,
As the darkness clears away.

At His feet the six winged Seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to His presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry,
Alleluia, alleluia,
Alleluia Lord most High.

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[guitarman1915]

Beautiful rendition. Absolutely lovely, haunting, and reverent.

....Robert Denman

[belluthien]

Thank you!

I like your version, also.

Many blessings!

y

[alexeykh]

In the Orthodox tradition this is sung (something like just the first and last verses) on Great Saturday (after the sufferings of our Lord & when the body is still laying in the tomb, awaiting the Resurrection). As a reminder of the faithful of what has just been acomplished for our sakes (so as not to give over to merrimaking too soon). Interesting to see the theme adapted to Nativity.

[belluthien]

Thank you for letting me know this... very interesting & thought provoking!

y

[kcnccarolina]

Wow late seeing this one, soo beautiful. I can even hear Irish influences in this one? I love to find out the origins of songs & will search forever till i find them. Love the added expressions :)

[belluthien]

This was my first post here, and it's the first time I ever sang in public. I know what you mean by the Irish influence. It's in there, like it's in my blood.

I enjoyed doing this, very much so.

y

[OrthodoxPlanet]

@burkardhanis Who knows? This may even be appropriate for some modern Catholic services. The literary theme yet does run deep in the Tradition of the Church. Even though this is an adaptation for Nativity in the Protestant tradition (which has rejected much of Church Tradition), it does keep the essential elements - especially our Lord being "given as food for the faithful." My quotes here (& in my other alias) are from the Triodion @ anastasis (org) UK.

[alexeykh]

@burkardhanis What's your point? I was not saying that this could be accepted as a liturgical hymn. But, compare the 1st 3 lines to "Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and stand with fear and trembling, and take no thought for any earthly thing." And the last stanza to "Before him go the choirs of Angels, with every Principality and Power; the many-eyed Cherubim and the six-winged Seraphim covering their faces and crying out the hymn: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia." Translation from ArchEphrem.

[burkardhanis]

@alexeykh this adaptation to the Nativity is a Protestant thing. No Catholic or Orthodox would see it as such a hymn. We would see it typically as a Eucharistic hymn, describing what occurs during the Divine Liturgy.

[jzgtrman]

Hi Yvette, I had been gone from YOUTUBE for awhile and am now back again. I used to be "guitarman1915" and am now jzgtrman. And once again I am enjoying your most excellent rendition with your husband on guitar. Do you still make the beautiful costumes?

God bless you both,

....Robert Denman

[7936Barry]

Very, very nice. I needed to hear this today and it is marvelous. God Bless You.

[jsw663]

@kcnccarolina It's supposed to be from a French folk tune, from a province called Picardie (Picardy) in northern France... so what you're feeling is probably the Celtic influence.

[jesusthroughmary]

As you stated in the first few seconds of the video, which I couldn't hear due to my son yelling. :o)

[jesusthroughmary]

It's actually not an Advent hymn, it's a hymn to the Blessed Sacrament. It's originally the offertory hymn from the Eastern Rite Liturgy of St. James.