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Text:To us a child of royal birth
Author:Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune:DEVONSHIRE
Composer:Johann Friedrich Lampe, 1703-1751

86. To us a child of royal birth

1 To us a child of royal birth,
heir of the promises, is given;
the invisible appears on earth,
the Son of Man, the God of heaven.

2 A Saviour born, in love supreme,
he comes our fallen souls to raise;
he comes his people to redeem
with all the fulness of his grace.

3 The Christ, by raptured seers foretold,
filled with the eternal Spirit’s power,
Prophet, and Priest, and King behold,
the Lord of all the worlds adore.

4 The Lord of Hosts, the God most high,
who quits his throne on earth to live,
with joy we welcome from the sky,
with faith into our hearts receive.

Text Information
First Line: To us a child of royal birth
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 (alt.)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Scripture: ;
Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Christmas
Tune Information
Name: DEVONSHIRE
Composer: Johann Friedrich Lampe, 1703-1751
Meter: L.M.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: A lower setting of DEVONSHIRE is found at 818



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