The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8386

8386. Holy Babe, Our Great Salvation

1 Holy Babe, our great salvation,
Jesu, born to save the earth,
Let pure hearts with love unfailing
Celebrate Thy wondrous birth.

2 Loving Shepherd, night descending
Calls us soon to needful sleep;
But Thou still, Thy flock defending,
From the wolf wilt guard Thy sheep.

3 From the bosom of Thy mother,
Thou, like us, didst nurture find;
Be Thou then our elder brother,
And protector ever kind.

4 Hail, the Dayspring of salvation;
Virgin born, to Thee be praise;
Father, Thine be adoration;
Spirit, Thine through endless days.

Text Information

• First Line: Holy Babe, our great salvation
• Title: Holy Babe, Our Great Salvation
• Latin Title: Munid salus qui nasceris
• Author: Charles Coffin
• Translator: Robert Campbell, 1814-1868
• Meter: 87.87
• Language: English
• Source: Paris Breviary 1736; Tr.: Annus Sanctus (Vol. 1) by Orby Shipley (London and New York: Burns & Oates, 1884)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WELLESLEY
• Composer: Lizzie Shove Tourjée Estabrook (1878)
• Meter: 87.87
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain