133. Morning Star, O Cheering Sight!

Text Information
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
Name: HAGEN
Composer: Francis Florentine Hagen (1836)
Meter: 77.337
Key: G Major or modal


Text Information:

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


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