Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) ‎#263

263. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

1 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming,
As seers of old have sung.
It came, a blossom bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.

2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
The Rose I have in mind;
With Mary we behold it,
The Virgin Mother kind.
To show God's love aright,
She bore to us a Savior,
When half spent was the night.

3 This Flow'r, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness ev'rywhere.
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death he saves us,
And lightens ev'ry load.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
• Title: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
• Translator (sts. 1-2): Theodore Baker, 1851-1934 (alt.)
• Translator (st. 3): Friedrich Layritz, 1808-1859
• Translator: Harriet Reynolds Krauth, 185-1925 (alt.)
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 6 7 6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 11:1
  ;
  Isaiah 35:1
  ;
  Luke 2:7
• Topic: Advent Season; Christmas Season; Mary, Mother of God; Epiphany of the Lord; Incarnation; Prophecy
• Source: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen; Speyer Gesangbuch, 1599

Tune Information

• Name: ES IST EIN' ROS' ENSTSPRUNGEN
• Harmonizer: Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 6 7 6
• Key: F Major
• Source: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, Cologne, 1599