The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12286

12286. A Child Is Born – The Birth Proclaim

1 A child is born—the birth proclaim,
A son is giv’n—declare His name;
Messiah, from the fall foretold,
The Deity in human mold;
That mold from which, God’s image lost
In Eden at so dire a cost,
The new creation shall restore,
And guilt efface its lines no more.

2 Hail! to His rising from afar,
He is the bright and morning star;
His healing beams, ye nations, bless,
He is the Sun of Righteousness
To save His people from their sins,
Jesus His suffering life begins;
Ere long as Christ our sacrifice,
The Holy and the Just One dies.

3 Again His glorious name record,
As David’s son and David’s Lord;
He mounts the mediatorial throne,
To claim earth’s kingdoms for His own:
Him every eye again shall see
Descend in power and majesty,
His ransomed in the clouds to meet,
And put all foes beneath His feet.

Text Information

• First Line: A child is born—the birth proclaim
• Title: A Child Is Born – The Birth Proclaim
• Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854
• Meter: LMD
• Language: English
• Source: Sacred Poems and Hymns, Vol. 1 (New York: D. Appleton, 1854)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: DUANE STREET by George Coles, HE LEADETH ME by William B. Bradbury, SAGINA by Thomas Campbell

Tune Information

• Name: CREATION
• Composer: Franz Josef Haydn (1798)
• Meter: LMD
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain