| Text: | Morning Star, O Cheering Sight! |
| Author: | Johann Scheffler |
| Translator: | Bennet Harvey, Jr. |
| Tune: | HAGEN |
| Composer: | Francis Florentine Hagen |
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Morning Star, O cheering sight! |
| Title: | Morning Star, O Cheering Sight! |
| Author: | Johann Scheffler (1657) |
| Translator: | Bennet Harvey, Jr. (1885) |
| Meter: | 77.337 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ: Birth |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | HAGEN |
| Composer: | Francis Florentine Hagen (1836) |
| Meter: | 77.337 |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
Traditionally, a young boy sand the solo in this Moravian carol. At First Congregational Church, Houston, it is sung by one or more children or youth (echoed by the choir) as the introit on the Sunday before Christmas. During the service the congregation shares in a Moravian Love Feast while singing a medley of familiar carols