Text: | From Heaven High I Come to You |
Author: | Martin Luther |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | VOM HIMMEL HOCH |
Composer: | Martin Luther |
1 "From heaven high I come to you,
I bring you tidings good and new;
glad tidings of great joy I bring,
whereof I now will say and sing.
2 "To you this night is born a child
of Mary, chosen virgin mild;
this little child, of lowly birth,
shall be the joy of all the earth.
3 "This is the Christ, our God and Lord,
who in all need shall aid afford;
he will himself your Savior be
from all your sins to set you free.
4 "These are the tokens ye shall mark:
the swaddling clothes and manger dark;
there ye shall find the infant laid
by whom the heav'ns and earth were made."
5 Now let us all with gladsome cheer
go with the shepherds and draw near
to see the precious gift of God,
who hath his own dear Son bestowed.
6 Welcome to earth, thou noble guest,
through whom the sinful world is blest!
In my distress thou com'st to me;
what thanks shall I return to thee?
Text Information | |
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First Line: | From heaven high I come to you |
Title: | From Heaven High I Come to You |
Author: | Martin Luther (1535) |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1855, alt., alt. 1961) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2018 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ: Birth of; Christ: Humiliation of |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VOM HIMMEL HOCH |
Composer: | Martin Luther (1535) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Valentin Schumann, Geistliche Lieder, 1539 |