| Text: | Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light |
| Author: | Johann Rist |
| Translator (from German): | John Troutbeck |
| Tune: | ERMUNTRE DICH |
| Composer: | Johann Schop |
| Harmonizer: | Johann S. Bach |
| Media: | MIDI file |
1. 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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| First Line: | Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light |
| Title: | Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light |
| German Title: | Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist |
| Author: | Johann Rist (1641) |
| Translator (from German): | John Troutbeck (ca. 1885) |
| Language: | English |
| Source: | Himmlische Lieder (Leipzig, Germany: 1641) |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | ERMUNTRE DICH |
| Composer: | Johann Schop (1641) |
| Harmonizer: | Johann S. Bach (1734) |
| Incipit: | 11234 55453 43232 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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| Adobe Acrobat image: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| MIDI file: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
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