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Text: | Behold, The Joyful Day Is Nigh |
Author: | Johan Olaf Wallin |
Translator: | E. A. Edlen |
Tune: | ERFURT |
1 Behold, the joyful day is nigh,
And angels’ voices from on high
Proclaim the news in early morn
That the Good Shepherd now is born.
2 In quiet splendor forth He comes,
The scattered sheep and tender lambs
To gather, and their fold prepare
With all a Shepherd’s tender care.
3 The gentle Shepherd we behold
Who, not with silver or with gold,
But by His suffering and His death,
Will save us from eternal wrath.
4 His Church, though small its seed may be,
Shall grow into a mighty tree,
With fruitful branches spreading o’er
The earth till time shall be no more.
5 Arise and shine, thy Light is come,
O humankind, O Christendom;
Thy glory and thy peace is here:
The Savior of the world draws near.
6 All praise and glory be to Thee
For wisdom, power and majesty;
And for Thy grace and mercy, Lord,
Forever be Thy name adored.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Behold, the joyful day is nigh |
Title: | Behold, The Joyful Day Is Nigh |
Translator: | E. A. Edlen |
Author: | Johan Olaf Wallin (1814) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ERFURT |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | From M. Luther's Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539; German chorale: Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her |