88a | The Hymnal#88b | 89 |
Text: | The ancient law departs |
Author: | Abbé Sebastien Besnault |
Tune: | FRANCONIA |
Arranger: | William H. Havergal |
Composer: | Johann B. König |
The ancient law departs
And all its terrors cease;
For Jesus makes with faithful hearts
A covenant of peace.
The Light of Light divine,
True Brightness undefiled,
He bears for us the shame of sin,
A holy, spotless Child.
Today the Name is thine,
At which we bend the knee;
They call the Jesus, Child divine!
Our Jesus deign to be.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The ancient law departs |
Author: | Abbé Sebastien Besnault (1736) |
Meter: | S.M. |
Publication Date: | 1916 |
Topic: | Circumcision |
Source: | Tr. Compilers of Hymns Ancient & Modern |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FRANCONIA |
Composer: | Johann B. König (1738) |
Arranger: | William H. Havergal (1840) |
Meter: | S.M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |