The Hymnal ‎#119

119. All praise to Thee, Eternal Lord

1 All praise to Thee, Eternal Lord,
Clothed in a garb of flesh and blood;
Choosing a manger for Thy throne,
While worlds on worlds were Thine alone.

2 A little Child, Thou art our Guest,
That weary ones in Thee may rest:
Forlorn and lonely is Thy birth,
That we may rise to heaven from earth.

3 Thou comest in the darksome night
To make us children of the light,
To make us, in the realms divine,
Like Thine own angels round Thee shine.

5 All this for us Thy love hath done;
By this to Thee our love is won:
For this we tune our cheerful lays,
And sing our thanks in ceaseless praise.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: All praise to Thee, Eternal Lord
• Author: Rev. Martin Luther (1524)
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: Jesus Christ the Lord: His Birth; Christ: Birth and Infancy of; Christ: Nativity, The; Christmas; Nativity, the; Praise

Tune Information

• Name: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
• Composer: Michael Praetorius (1609)
• Harmonizer: George R. Woodward (1904)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Tune used by permission of Rev. George R. Woodward.