Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church ‎#92

92. To Us a Child Is Born This Night

1 To us a Child is born this night,
Behold His glorious light;
To us a Son is given,
Who Himself is our true God,
Our Life here and in heaven.

2 Now wide is opening heaven’s door,
And out the light doth pour;
A gleam of majesty,
Christ the Son of Righteousness,
Who makes all people free.

3 The light is Christ, our gracious Lord,
The true Immanuel,
To Christians now revealed;
And with wondrous grace and truth
Shows them what was concealed.

Text Information

• First Line: To us a Child is born this night
• Title: To Us a Child Is Born This Night
• Translator: Donald M. McCorkle (1963)
• Author: Michael Weisse, 1480-1534 (1531)
• Meter: 8.6.6.7.6.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1969
• Topic: The Church Year: Christmas

Tune Information

• Name: NOBIS EST NATUS HODIE
• Meter: 8.6.6.7.6.
• Key: g minor
• Source: 15th century Latin Hymn; M. Weisse's Gesangbuch, 1531

Tune Information:

Ein Kind ist uns geboren heut