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Hymns / Music :: Ah, Dearest Jesus

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"She wrapped Him in cloths and placed Him in a manger." Luke 2:7

Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity
of the Cyber Hymnal Website

Martin Luther - Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529 Words: Martin Luther, 1535; translated from German to English by Catherine Winkworth, 1855. These lyrics are from the longer hymn, From Heaven Above to Earth I Come.

Music: "Von Himmel Hoch," from Geistliche Lieder, by Valentin Schumann (Leipzig, Germany: 1539); harmony by Johann Sebastian Bach


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Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)

Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child,
Make Thee a bed, soft, undefiled
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber kept for Thee.

My heart for very joy doth leap,
My lips no more can silence keep;
I, too, must sing with joyful tongue
That sweetest ancient cradle song.

Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His Son hath given;
While angels sing with tender mirth,
A glad new year to all the earth.

Information about the musical score and the Cyber Hymnal Website
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