|“Second Birth”
In the Christmas hymn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, the third verse says this: “Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the sun of righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Ris’n with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, Born that we no more may die, Born to raise each child of earth, Born to give us second birth. Hark! The herald angels sing, ‘Glory to the newborn king!’” Notice the lines “Born to raise each child of earth, Born to give us second birth.” How do these lines of the above hymn compare with...
