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Author: Mrs. B. L. Corbin Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let us go to Bethlehem; There the King of Glory lies! He has left His diadem, And His throne beyond the skies! He, the Lord of endless years, Now a feeble babe appears. 2 Let us go to Bethlehem: God descends with men to dwell! And He comes not to condemn, But to save from sin and hell: Oh, what rich and boundless grace, To our lost and guilty race! 3 Let us go to Bethlehem: Eastern magi worship there; Let us strive to rival them, With the incense of our prayer; And our hearts, as offerings bring, To the glorious new-born King. Used With Tune: DIX Text Sources: Sunday-School Hymns (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1856)

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DIX

Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 962 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Conrad Kocher Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 17121 44367 16555 Used With Text: Let Us Go To Bethlehem

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Let Us Go To Bethlehem

Author: Mrs. B. L. Corbin Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10970 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Let us go to Bethlehem; There the King of Glory lies! He has left His diadem, And His throne beyond the skies! He, the Lord of endless years, Now a feeble babe appears. 2 Let us go to Bethlehem: God descends with men to dwell! And He comes not to condemn, But to save from sin and hell: Oh, what rich and boundless grace, To our lost and guilty race! 3 Let us go to Bethlehem: Eastern magi worship there; Let us strive to rival them, With the incense of our prayer; And our hearts, as offerings bring, To the glorious new-born King. Languages: English Tune Title: DIX

Let us go to Bethlehem

Author: B. L. Corbin Hymnal: Sabbath School Choir #d50 (1857)

Let us go to Bethlehem

Hymnal: Sunday-School Hymns #68 (1856)

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Conrad Kocher

1786 - 1872 Composer of "DIX" in The Cyber Hymnal Trained as a teacher, Conrad Kocher (b. Ditzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, 1786; d. Stuttgart, Germany, 1872) moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work as a tutor at the age of seventeen. But his love for the music of Haydn and Mozart impelled him to a career in music. He moved back to Germany in 1811, settled in Stuttgart, and remained there for most of his life. The prestigious Cotta music firm published some of his early compositions and sent him to study music in Italy, where he came under the influence of Palestrina's music. In 1821 Kocher founded the School for Sacred Song in Stuttgart, which popularized four-part singing in the churches of that region. He was organist and choir director at the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart from 1827 to 1865. Kocher wrote a treatise on church music, Die Tonkunst in der Kirche (1823), collected a large number of chorales in Zions Harfe (1855), and composed an oratorio, two operas, and some sonatas. William H. Monk created the current form of DIX by revising and shortening Conrad Kocher's chorale melody for “Treuer Heiland, wir sind hier,” found in Kocher's Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes (1838). Bert Polman

B. L. Corbin

Person Name: Mrs. B. L. Corbin Author of "Let Us Go To Bethlehem" in The Cyber Hymnal 19th Century We have little data on Corbin, except that the earliest known publication of her hymns was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1856. --www.hymntime.com/tch/