O Emmanuel

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O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver

Translator: A. J. B. Beresford Hope (1846)
Tune: [O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most high]
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O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire of All Nations, and their Savior: Come, and save us, O Lord our God.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #23a

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Translator: A. J. B. Beresford Hope

Hope, Alexander James Beresford, LL.D., born Jan. 25, 1820, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, was M.P. for his University for several years, and died Oct. 20, 1887. He is connected with hymnology through his Hymns of the Church, literally translated, for the use of English Congregations, Lond., J. & F. Rivington. 1844. None of these translations have come into common use. In the Cambridge University Calendar he is entered as “Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver
Title:	O Emmanuel
Translator:	A. J. B. Beresford Hope (1846)
Source:	Verse 7 from "O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most High"
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain