From Heaven Above To Earth I Come
Words and music by Martin Luther · tr. Catherine Winkworth · 1535
Key of D · 100 BPM · 4/4 · Angels,Assurance,Atonement · Lk 2:6-20
Verse 1
From Heaven above to earth I come, To bear good news to every home;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring, Whereof I now will say and sing.
Verse 2
To you, this night, is born a Child Of Mary, chosen mother mild;
This tender Child of lowly birth, Shall be the joy of all your earth.
Verse 3
'Tis Christ our God, Who far on high Had heard your sad and bitter cry;
Himself will your Salvation be, Himself from sin will make you free.
Verse 4
He brings those blessings long ago Prepared by God for all below;
That in His heavenly kingdom blest You may with us forever rest.
Verse 5
These are the tokens ye shall mark, The swaddling clothes and manger dark;
There shall ye find the young Child laid, By Whom the heav'ns and earth were made.
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