A Child Is Born in Bethlehem

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Translator (sts. 3-5): H. M. Macgill

Macgill, Hamilton Montgomerie, D.D., youngest s. of Thomas Macgill, was born Mar. 10, 1807, at Catrine, Ayrshire. After studying at the University of Glasgow (which conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1870), he became in 1837 joint minister of Duke St. United Presbyterian Church, Glasgow. In 1840 he removed with a portion of his congregation to a new church in Montrose Street. He became, in 1858, Home Mission Secretary of the United Presbyterian Church, and in 1868 Foreign Mission Secretary. He died June 3, 1880, at Paris, while on his way to recruit his health in the South of France. As a member of the Hymnal Committee of the U. P. Church in 1870-76, he contributed to their Presbyterian Hymnal, 1876, 5 translations from the Latin (Nos… Go to person page >

Translator (sts. 1, 2, 8): Christopher J. Neuendorf

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First Line: A child is born in Bethlehem, Bethlehem (Neuendorf)
Title: A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
Translator (sts. 1, 2, 8): Christopher J. Neuendorf (alt.)
Translator (sts. 3-5): H. M. Macgill
Meter: 8.3.8.8
Source: Latin, 13th cent.; Tr. sts. 6-7: Christian Worship, 2021
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Alleluia, alleluia
Copyright: Tr. sts. 1, 2, 8 © 2014 Christopher J. Neuendorf, admin. Northwestern Publishing House; Tr. sts. 6, 7 © 2021 Northwestern Publishing House; Tr. sts. 3-5 Public Domain

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