Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#51

51. Earth has many a noble city

1 Earth has many a noble city;
Bethlehem, thou dost all excel:
Out of thee the Lord from heaven
Came to rule his Israel.

2 Fairer than the sun at morning
Was the star that told his birth,
To the world its God announcing
Seen in fleshly form on earth.

3 Eastern sages at his cradle
Make oblations rich and rare;
See them give, in deep devotion,
Gold and frankincense, and myrrh. A-men.

4 Sacred gifts of mystic meaning:
Incense doth their God disclose,
Gold the King of kings proclaimeth,
Myrrh his sepulchre foreshows.

5 Jesu, whom the Gentiles worshipped
At thy glad Epiphany,
Unto thee, with God the Father
And the Spirit, glory be.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Earth has many a noble city
• Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814 - 78
• Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348 - 413
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Epiphany

Tune Information

• Name: STUTTGART
• Composer: Christian Friedrich Witt, 1660 - 1716
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7.
• Key: F Major