{"id":1948,"date":"2014-12-23T20:21:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T04:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2024-12-27T11:30:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T19:30:34","slug":"hallelujah-christmas-by-cloverton-proclaims-saviors-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/hallelujah-christmas-by-cloverton-proclaims-saviors-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallelujah Christmas by Cloverton Proclaims the Savior&#8217;s Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hallelujah_Cloverton_01_660x330.jpg\" alt=\"Hallelujah Christmas by Cloverton\" width=\"500\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hallelujah_Cloverton_01_660x330.jpg 660w, https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hallelujah_Cloverton_01_660x330-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>by Chris Banescu &#8211;<br \/>\nChristian rock band Cloverton updated Leonard Cohen&#8217;s iconic &#8220;Hallelujah&#8221; song and gave it a Christmas makeover. Cohen&#8217;s familiar melody was infused with lyrics proclaiming the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The result is simply majestic.<\/p>\n<p>What a wonderful, inspired, and blessed way to keep Christ in Christmas and bear witness to the truth, love, and majesty of God in this Nativity season. What a brilliant way to shine a light into our culture and reach people&#8217;s hearts and souls.<\/p>\n<p>Posted below are the updated lyrics and the video of the band&#8217;s beautiful and uplifting rendition of Hallelujah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hallelujah Christmas by Cloverton<\/strong> <!--more--><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"325\">\nI&#8217;ve heard about this baby boy<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s come to earth to bring us joy<br \/>\nAnd I just want to sing this song to you<br \/>\nIt goes like this, the fourth, the fifth<br \/>\nThe minor fall, the major lift<br \/>\nWith every breath I&#8217;m singing Hallelujah, Hallelujah <\/p>\n<p>A couple came to Bethlehem<br \/>\nExpecting child, they searched the inn<br \/>\nTo find a place for You were coming soon<br \/>\nThere was no room for them to stay<br \/>\nSo in a manger filled with hay<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s only Son was born, oh Hallelujah, Hallelujah<\/p>\n<p>The shepherds left their flocks by night<br \/>\nTo see this baby wrapped in light<br \/>\nA host of angels led them all to You<br \/>\nIt was just as the angels said<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll find Him in a manger bed<br \/>\nImmanuel and Savior, Hallelujah, Hallelujah<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td valign=top width=\"325\">A star shown bright up in the east<br \/>\nTo Bethlehem, the wisemen three<br \/>\nCame many miles and journeyed long for You<br \/>\nAnd to the place at which You were<br \/>\nTheir frankincense and gold and myrrh<br \/>\nThey gave to You and cried out Hallelujah, Hallelujah<\/p>\n<p>I know You came to rescue me<br \/>\nThis baby boy would grow to be<br \/>\nA man and one day die for me and you<br \/>\nMy sins would drive the nails in You<br \/>\nThat rugged cross was my cross, too<br \/>\nStill every breath You drew was Hallelujah, Hallelujah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/142527218\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Chris Banescu &#8211; Christian rock band Cloverton updated Leonard Cohen&#8217;s iconic &#8220;Hallelujah&#8221; song and gave it a Christmas makeover. Cohen&#8217;s familiar melody was infused with lyrics proclaiming the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The result is simply majestic. What a wonderful, inspired, and blessed way to keep Christ in Christmas and &#8230; <a title=\"Hallelujah Christmas by Cloverton Proclaims the Savior&#8217;s Birth\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/hallelujah-christmas-by-cloverton-proclaims-saviors-birth\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hallelujah Christmas by Cloverton Proclaims the Savior&#8217;s Birth\">[read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[62,10,72,71,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty","category-christianity","category-christmas","category-music","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}