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In Bethlehem a Newborn Boy

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Author: Rosamond E. Herklots

Rosamond E. Herklots was born of British parents in North India. Educated at Leeds University in England, she worked for many years as secretary to an eminent neurologist, and later in the head office of the Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus in London. She began writing hymns late in life, and some achieved an immediate success. --www.societyholytrinity.org/2007gr-hymnfestcommentary.htm Herklots began writing poetry in her childhood and turned to hymn writing in her adult years. She wrote over seventy hymns, many specifically with children in mind. --Presbyterian Hymnal Companion  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: In Bethlehem a newborn boy
Title: In Bethlehem a Newborn Boy
Author: Rosamond E. Herklots (1969)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press

Tune

IN BETHLEHEM


DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (Grenoble)

DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (sometimes called GRENOBLE) was published in France in the 1753 Grenoble Antiphoner as a setting for the text "Deus tuorum militum" (“The God of Your Soldiers”). One of the finest French diocesan tunes from the eighteenth century, it represents a departure in Roman Catholic h…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Common Praise (1998) #580

Text InfoAudio

Glory to God #153

Scripture Song Database #1763

Scripture Song Database #1764

The Book of Praise #140

The Hymnal 1982 #246

The Presbyterian Hymnal #35

Voices United #77

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