Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#26

26. Emmanuel! we sing Thy praise

1 Emmanuel! we sing Thy praise,
Thou Prince of Life! Thou Fount of Grace!
With all Thy saints, Thee, Lord, we sing;
Praise, honor, thanks, to Thee we bring!

2 E’er since the world began to be,
How many a heart hath longed for Thee!
And Thou, O long-expected Guest,
Hast come at last to make us blest!

3 Now art Thou here: we know Thee now:
In lowly manger liest Thou:
A child, yet makest all things great;
Poor, yet the earth Thy robe of state.

4 Now fearless I can look on Thee,
From sin and grief Thou set'st me free:
Thou bearest wrath, Thou conquerest death,
Fear turns to joy Thy glance beneath.

5 Thou art my Head, my Lord Divine,
I am Thy member, wholly Thine;
And by Thy Spirit’s strength would still
Serve Thee according to Thy will.

6 Thus will I sing Thy praises here,
With joyful spirit year by year:
And they shall sound before Thy throne,
Where time nor number more is known.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Emmanuel! we sing Thy praise
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1855)
• Author: Paul Gerhardt (1653)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church Year: Christmas
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: GERMANY
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Melody adapted from Beethoven (?); William Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1815
• Notes: Public Domain.