>>Chris: Today on It Is Written, we present the first of a two 00:00:01.26\00:00:04.56 part Christmas special "Joy To The World" featuring the Fountainview Academy choir 00:00:04.59\00:00:09.70 and orchestra. Fountainview academy is a private Christian 00:00:09.73\00:00:14.50 school in Lillooet, British Columbia - and the students are 00:00:14.53\00:00:18.40 not only the performers but also had a very important role behind 00:00:18.43\00:00:22.96 the scenes in the production. I know you are going to enjoy this 00:00:22.99\00:00:27.50 Christmas concert presentation, it begins right now. (Music) 00:00:27.53\00:00:30.76 IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME... 00:00:40.50\00:00:44.00 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:00:44.33\00:00:47.56 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:00:48.03\00:00:51.90 IT IS WRITTEN... 00:00:53.13\00:00:54.40 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:00:54.76\00:00:59.10 (Music) 00:00:59.80\00:01:52.83 >>Joy to the world, ( joy to the world) 00:02:23.70\00:02:25.80 Joy to the world, ( joy to the world) 00:02:26.00\00:02:27.80 Joy to the world, ( joy to the world) 00:02:28.03\00:02:31.10 Joy to the world, 00:02:31.33\00:02:32.36 Joy to the world! the Lord is come; 00:02:32.43\00:02:35.66 Let earth receive her King; 00:02:35.93\00:02:40.26 Let every heart prepare him room, 00:02:40.53\00:02:44.86 And heaven and nature sing, (and heaven and nature sing) 00:02:45.10\00:02:47.40 And heaven and nature sing, (and heaven and nature sing) 00:02:47.66\00:02:49.43 And heaven, and heaven and nature sing, 00:02:49.70\00:03:09.73 He rules the world with truth and grace, 00:03:10.56\00:03:13.43 And makes the nations prove 00:03:13.80\00:03:18.23 The glories of His righteousness, 00:03:18.60\00:03:24.36 And wonders of His love, (and wonders of His love) 00:03:24.76\00:03:25.86 And wonders of His love, (and wonders of His love) 00:03:26.13\00:03:27.86 And wonders, wonders, of His love. 00:03:28.13\00:03:33.90 Joy to the world, ( joy to the world) 00:04:37.83\00:04:39.63 Joy to the world, ( joy to the world) 00:04:39.90\00:04:42.00 Joy to the world, ( joy to the world) 00:04:44.16\00:04:46.00 Joy to the world, 00:04:46.33\00:04:47.36 Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns; 00:04:47.43\00:04:49.06 Let men their songs employ; 00:04:49.46\00:04:54.16 While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains 00:04:55.10\00:04:59.43 Repeat the sounding joy, (repeat the sounding joy) 00:04:59.80\00:05:02.20 Repeat the sounding joy, (repeat the sounding joy) 00:05:02.46\00:05:04.33 Repeat, repeat the sounding joy, 00:05:04.63\00:05:10.32 and heaven, and heaven and nature sing! 00:05:29.05\00:05:45.33 >>See amid the winter's snow, 00:08:24.40\00:08:30.00 Born for us on earth below, 00:08:30.56\00:08:37.00 See the tender Lamb appears, 00:08:37.53\00:08:43.90 Promised from eternal years. 00:08:44.26\00:08:50.76 Hail, thou ever-blessed morn! 00:08:51.33\00:08:57.13 Hail, redemption's happy dawn! 00:08:57.60\00:09:03.60 Sing through all Jerusalem, 00:09:04.16\00:09:10.93 Christ is born in Bethlehem. 00:09:11.40\00:09:18.76 Lo, within a manger lies 00:09:19.63\00:09:24.43 He who built the starry skies; 00:09:24.66\00:09:30.50 He who throned in height sublime 00:09:30.70\00:09:36.30 Sits among the cherubim. 00:09:36.83\00:09:42.66 Hail, thou ever-blessed morn! 00:09:43.03\00:09:48.33 Hail, redemption's happy dawn! 00:09:48.90\00:09:54.53 Sing through all Jerusalem, 00:09:54.83\00:10:00.53 Christ is born in Bethlehem. 00:10:00.83\00:10:07.40 As we watched at dead of night, 00:10:23.60\00:10:28.70 Lo, we saw a wondrous light; 00:10:29.03\00:10:34.50 Angels singing peace on earth 00:10:34.90\00:10:40.63 Told us of the Saviour's birth 00:10:41.46\00:10:47.46 Hail, thou ever-blessed morn! 00:10:48.06\00:10:53.00 Hail, redemption's happy dawn! 00:10:53.43\00:10:58.66 Sing through all Jerusalem, 00:10:59.40\00:11:04.76 Christ is born in Bethlehem. 00:11:05.26\00:11:21.90 Teach, O teach us, Holy Child, 00:11:22.36\00:11:28.93 By Thy Face so meek and mild, 00:11:29.33\00:11:36.63 Teach us to resemble Thee, 00:11:37.83\00:11:43.86 In Thy Sweet humility 00:11:44.90\00:12:01.00 How do you capture The wind on the water? How do you count all the stars in the sky? 00:12:13.86\00:12:32.50 How can you measure The love of a mother 00:12:33.93\00:12:43.10 Or how can you write down A baby's first cry? 00:12:43.90\00:12:54.43 Candlelight, angel light Firelight and star glow 00:12:55.33\00:13:04.43 Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn 00:13:05.53\00:13:14.66 Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo! 00:13:15.60\00:13:25.43 Angels are singing 00:13:26.40\00:13:30.90 The Christ child is born 00:13:31.16\00:13:38.36 Shepherds and wise men Will kneel and adore him 00:13:49.43\00:13:59.16 Seraphim round him their vigil will keep 00:13:59.46\00:14:09.03 Nations proclaim him Their Lord and their Saviour 00:14:10.50\00:14:20.50 But Mary will hold him And sing him to sleep 00:14:21.33\00:14:31.63 Candlelight, angel light Firelight and star glow 00:14:32.50\00:14:41.36 Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn 00:14:42.43\00:14:51.70 Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo! 00:14:52.46\00:15:01.80 Angels are singing The Christ child is born 00:15:03.03\00:15:14.70 Find him at Bethlehem laid in a manger 00:15:20.70\00:15:29.70 Christ our Redeemer asleep in the hay 00:15:30.63\00:15:40.56 Godhead incarnate and hope of salvation 00:15:41.56\00:15:51.26 A child with his mother That first Christmas Day 00:15:52.06\00:16:03.16 Candlelight, angel light Firelight and star glow 00:16:03.90\00:16:13.10 Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn 00:16:13.46\00:16:23.33 Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo! 00:16:24.23\00:16:34.23 Angels are singing 00:16:35.16\00:16:39.96 The Christ child is born 00:16:40.33\00:16:54.03 >>In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, 00:17:01.26\00:17:13.63 Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; 00:17:14.10\00:17:26.33 Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, 00:17:27.36\00:17:39.20 In the bleak midwinter, long time ago. 00:17:39.56\00:17:52.83 Angels and archangels they were gathered there, 00:17:54.30\00:18:06.13 Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air; 00:18:06.70\00:18:19.36 But His mother only, in her maiden bliss, 00:18:19.80\00:18:33.13 Worshipped the beloved with a kiss. 00:18:33.56\00:18:46.83 O What can I give Him, Poor as I am? 00:18:48.53\00:19:02.46 If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb; 00:19:02.76\00:19:17.13 If I were a wise man I would do my part; 00:19:17.60\00:19:29.60 Yet what can I give Him? Give Him my heart, 00:19:30.10\00:19:44.33 Yet what can I give Him? Give Him my heart. 00:19:44.83\00:20:08.36 >>Away in a manger no crib for a bed, 00:20:36.06\00:20:44.46 The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. 00:20:44.76\00:20:54.10 The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay, 00:20:54.30\00:21:03.10 The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. 00:21:03.33\00:21:14.53 The cattle are lowing the baby awakes, 00:21:24.00\00:21:32.50 But little Lord Jesus no crying He makes. 00:21:32.76\00:21:41.90 I love Thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky, 00:21:42.16\00:21:51.33 And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh. 00:21:51.53\00:22:03.36 Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask Thee to stay, 00:22:23.40\00:22:32.06 Close by me forever and love me I pray. 00:22:32.30\00:22:41.60 Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care 00:22:41.93\00:22:50.86 And take us to heaven to live with Thee there. 00:22:51.13\00:23:02.66 >>Have you heard the sound of the angel voices 00:23:41.96\00:23:47.73 ringing out so sweetly, ringing out so clear? 00:23:48.00\00:23:54.60 Have you seen the star shining out so brightly 00:23:54.93\00:24:00.96 as a sign from God that Christ the Lord is here? 00:24:01.36\00:24:07.80 Have you heard the news that they bring from heaven 00:24:08.30\00:24:14.16 to the humble shepherds who have waited long? 00:24:14.43\00:24:21.00 Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 00:24:21.86\00:24:27.96 Hear the angels sing their joyful song. 00:24:28.36\00:24:33.23 He is come in peace in the winter's stillness, 00:24:37.26\00:24:42.33 like a gentle snowfall in the gentle night. 00:24:42.56\00:24:49.00 He is come in joy, like the sun at morning, 00:24:49.40\00:24:55.30 filling all the world with radiance and with light. 00:24:55.60\00:25:02.36 He is come in love as the child of Mary. 00:25:03.03\00:25:09.26 In a simple stable we have seen his birth. 00:25:09.56\00:25:16.50 Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 00:25:17.33\00:25:23.76 Hear the angels singing 'Peace on earth'. 00:25:24.23\00:25:29.96 He will bring new light to a world in darkness, 00:25:33.06\00:25:38.96 like a bright star shining in the skies above. 00:25:39.26\00:25:45.33 He will bring new hope to the waiting nations, 00:25:45.66\00:25:51.80 when he comes to reign in purity and love. 00:25:52.20\00:25:58.73 Let the earth rejoice at the Saviour's coming. 00:25:59.26\00:26:05.13 Let the heavens answer with a joyful morn: 00:26:05.43\00:26:12.83 Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 00:26:13.50\00:26:19.90 Hear the angels singing, 'Christ is born'. 00:26:20.26\00:26:27.50 Hear the angels singing Christ is born. 00:26:28.23\00:26:43.53 <