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Hymns / Music :: Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light

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"The Gentiles shall come to Thy light, and kings to the brightness of Thy rising." Isaiah 60:3

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Johann Rist (1607-1667) Words: Johann Rist, 1641; translated from German to English by John Troutbeck, circa 1885.

Music: "Ermuntre Dich," Johann Schop, 1641; harmony by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1734


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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light,
And usher in the morning;
O shepherds, shrink not with afright,
But hear the angel's warning.
This Child, now weak in infancy,
Our confidence and joy shall be,
The power of Satan breaking,
Our peace eternal making.

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