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Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander (Seafarer Press)
For So the Children Come
An affirmation of the limitless potential of all children.
SATB, piano
An atmosphere of mystery and awe permeates this moving celebration of new life, bringing Sophia Fahs’ timeless Christmas poem to life. Opening with stillness and expectation, “For So the Children Come” culminates in an affirmation reaching far beyond any particular faith or creed. Equally appropriate for religious celebrations, holiday concerts or interfaith worship.
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For so the children come
And so they have been coming.
Always in the same way they come
born of the seed of man and woman.
No angels herald their beginnings.
No prophets predict their future courses.
No wisemen see a star to show where to find the babe
that will save humankind.
Yet each night a child is born is a holy night,
Fathers and mothers —
sitting beside their children’s cribs
feel glory in the sight of a new life beginning.
They ask, “Where and how will this new life end?
Or will it ever end?”
Each night a child is born is a holy night —
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping.
-Sophia Lyon Fahs
© by Unitarian-Universalist Association. Reprinted by permission.
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