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Text:From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Author:Martin Luther
Author (portions of stanzas 2, 4):George MacDonald
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:VOM HIMMEL HOCH

263. From Heaven Above to Earth I Come

Text Information
First Line: From heav’n above to earth I come
Title: From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Author: Martin Luther
Translator: Catherine Winkworth
Author (portions of stanzas 2, 4): George MacDonald
Meter: LM
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Atonement; Forgiveness: From God; Heritage: 16th-Century (4 more...)
Source: Geistliche Lieder, 1535; trans. Catherine Winkworth (England), Lyra Germanica, Series 1, 1855; composite trans. Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship, alt.; portions of stanzas 2, 4 George MacDonald (Scotland), Exotics, 1876
Copyright: trans. © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship (admin. Augsburg Fortress)
Tune Information
Name: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
Meter: LM
Key: D Major
Source: Geistliche Lieder (present-day Germany), 1539



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