The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11649

11649. The New-Born Child This Early Morn

1 The new-born Child this early morn,
The dear Christ-child of virgin born,
Again brings from His heav’nly home
A New Year to all Christendom.

2 This causes joy to angels fair,
Who love to keep us in their care;
They sing that in this wondrous Child
God now with man is reconciled.

3 If God be reconciled with men,
What harm can Satan do us then?
O’er Satan, death, and gates of hell,
This Christ-child shall for us prevail.

4 He brings the year of jubilee!
Why doubt we yet despondently?
Cheer up! This is a joyous day,
The Christ-child drives all care away.

Text Information

• First Line: The new-born Child this early morn
• Title: The New-Born Child This Early Morn
• German Title: Das neugeborne Kindelein
• Author: Cyriacus Schneegass
• Translator: Emmaneul Cronenwett
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Weihenacht und New Jahrs-Gesäng (Erfurt, Germany, 1595); Tr.: Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal (Columbus, OH: Ohio Synodical Printing House, 1880)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ALSTONE
• Composer: Christopher Edwin Willing (1868)
• Meter: LM
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain