composer4classic
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Please
with your qualification, I am so much interested in your critique, and I need
it as soon as possible as we are working towards publishing the final edition
of the work before Christmas time. If possible send your recommendations directly
to my email. You will find my email address at the cover page of the sheet
music.

If
you also wish to download our 21st century Classical Oratorio – The Beatitudes,
you can get it from this link:
https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Beatitudes_(Akpabio,_Progress_Gabriel)
or
streem at:
Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Rg8nhkyo0&list=OLAK5uy_kghEfXS9roU-J4_mG9isQMoa7Du61vInQ
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4VmjikG01aTiAeB6zXcWWL
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/277909892
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But
thanks so much for contributing towards the perfecting of our laudable 21st
century Christmas hymns. Hope you have gotten a copy of the hymns. If not
kindly download your free copy from:https://imslp.org/wiki/Christ's_Birth_Carols_(Akpabio,_Progress_Gabriel).

Some of your recommendations have been adopted and the
music amended accordingly. You can now view the amended version. But your call
for us not to write past event in present tense has not been adopted because it
is an old time tradition. The prophet of God in the old testament started it by
writing about the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ in present tense even when
Christ had not yet been born, and I quote: “For unto us a child IS
born, unto us a child IS given.....”(Isaiah 9:6). Note that Christ
was not yet physically born on earth when the Prophet wrote this about him. Like
the Prophet, many of the ancient Christmas hymn writers saw the birth of their
Saviour as happening in their own time, even though he had been born many years
before they wrote the hymns, and I am also continuing in that spirit. Many
old-time Christmas hymns like – See in
yonder manger low, O come All ye faithful, Hark the herald Angels sing, Still
the night, Joy to the world, etc, were all written in this tradition. In Christianity this is called ‘Faith’. That
is, bringing a distant event closer to you (read Hebrews 11:1). It is by faith
that the blood of Jesus can be beneficial to us who were not present when it
was shed many years ago at Calvary. Hence we use to say at Communion that “this
IS the blood that was shed for the
remission of our sins”. Kindly note that when Jesus made this faithful
statement in Matthew 26:28, the blood was not yet shed (it was about to be
shed), but he saw it happening by faith. So speaking or writing about the birth
of Jesus Christ which happened many years ago as though it is happening today
is not an error. If you want to amend this tradition, then you will have to
amend many old-time Christmas hymns found in our Christian hymn books, as well
as amend the words of Prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 9:6. more »

Some of your recommendations have been adopted and the
music amended accordingly. You can now view the amended version. But your call
for us not to write past event in present tense has not been adopted because it
is an old time tradition. The prophet of God in the old testament started it by
writing about the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ in present tense even when
Christ had not yet been born, and I quote: “For unto us a child IS
born, unto us a child IS given.....”(Isaiah 9:6). Note that Christ
was not yet physically born on earth when the Prophet wrote this about him. Like
the Prophet, many of the ancient Christmas hymn writers saw the birth of their
Saviour as happening in their own time, even though he had been born many years
before they wrote the hymns, and I am also continuing in that spirit. Many
old-time Christmas hymns like – See in
yonder manger low, O come All ye faithful, Hark the herald Angels sing, Still
the night, Joy to the world, etc, were all written in this tradition. In Christianity this is called ‘Faith’. That
is, bringing a distant event closer to you (read Hebrews 11:1). It is by faith
that the blood of Jesus can be beneficial to us who were not present when it
was shed many years ago at Calvary. Hence we use to say at Communion that “this
IS the blood that was shed for the
remission of our sins”. Kindly note that when Jesus made this faithful
statement in Matthew 26:28, the blood was not yet shed (it was about to be
shed), but he saw it happening by faith. So speaking or writing about the birth
of Jesus Christ which happened many years ago as though it is happening today
is not an error. If you want to amend this tradition, then you will have to
amend many old-time Christmas hymns found in our Christian hymn books, as well
as amend the words of Prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 9:6.But
thanks so much for contributing towards the perfecting of our laudable 21st
century Christmas hymns. Hope you have gotten a copy of the hymns. If not
kindly download your free copy from:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Christ's_Birth_Carols_(Akpabio,_Progress_Gabriel). more »

Thanks for your comment / opinion. I'll look into it and put it into consideration.

This Christmas Carol really tells the truth about the kingdom of Jesus Christ. The carol says that Other earthly kingdoms shall fall, but the kingdom of Jesus Christ shall remain for ever. This Carol is my favourite, what about you? more »