Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#109

109. Fairest Lord Jesus

Text Information

• First Line: Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature
• Title: Fairest Lord Jesus
• Meter: 568.558
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Source: Münster Gesangbuch, 1677; Tr. Church Chorals and Choir Studies, 1850, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU (St. Elizabeth)
• Harmonizer: Richard S. Willis (1850)
• Meter: 568.558
• Key: D Major
• Source: Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842

Text Information:

The German text of this hymn, which first appeared in a 1662 manuscript, was combined with this Silesian folk tune in 1842. An English translation and this tune were introduced to the United States in 1850

Tune Information:

The German text of this hymn, which first appeared in a 1662 manuscript, was combined with this Silesian folk tune in 1842. An English translation and this tune were introduced to the United States in 1850