When out of poverty is born - folk version
Watch a beautiful and moving solo version of ‘When out of poverty is born’ and find out how your church can get involved with our Christmas carols this December.
Thank you to St John's Episcopal Church and Palmerston Place Church for helping us record these videos.
Lyrics
When out of poverty is born
a dream that will not die
a landless, weary folk find strength
to stand with heads held high,
it's then we learn from those who wait
to greet the promised day: 'The Lord is coming; don't lose heart
Be blest: prepare the way!'
When people wander far from God,
forget to share their bread,
they find their wealth an empty thing,
their spirits are not fed.
For only just and tender love
the hungry soul will stay.
And so God's prophets echo still:
'Be blest: prepare the way!'
When God took flesh and came to earth,
the world turned upside down,
and in the strength of women's faith
the Word of Life was born.
She knew that God would raise the low,
it pleased her to obey.
Rejoice with Mary in the call:
'Be blest: prepare the way!
'When out of poverty is born' (solo version) written for Christian Aid by Kathy Galloway.
Thank you to St John's Episcopal Church and Palmerston Place Church for helping us record these videos. Find out how your church can get involved with our Christmas carols this December.
When out of poverty is born, folk version
'When out of poverty is born' (solo version) written for Christian Aid by Kathy Galloway.
Thank you to St John's Episcopal Church and Palmerston Place Church for helping us record these videos. Find out how your church can get involved with our Christmas carols this December.
The resources for the 2023 Christmas Appeal will be available soon. But you can continue to support Christian Aid, year-round, through our latest emergency appeals and series of key appeals.