O Holy Child, We Welcome Thee

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O holy child we welcome Thee

Translator: H. Brueckner; Author: Franz Graf Pocci
Tune: [O heil'ges Kind wir grüßen dich] (Erk)
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 O holy Child, we welcome Thee,
And sing Thy praise in tuneful lays,
And sing thy praise in tuneful lays.

2 O holy Child, we see Thy face
Aglow with light, like sunbeams bright,
Aglow with light, like sunbeams bright.

3 O blest the house that bids Thee stay;
For all is well where Thou dost dwell,
For all is well where Thou dost dwell.

Source: Wartburg Hymnal: for church, school and home #108

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Translator: H. Brueckner

Born: March 11, 1866, Grundy County, Iowa (birth name: Herman Heinrich Moritz Brueckner). Died: January 25, 1942, Hebron, Nebraska (funeral held in Beatrice, Nebraska). Buried: St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa. After ordination in 1888, Brueckner pastored in Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. He later moved to Iowa City, Iowa, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa State University in 1917. In 1926, he joined the faculty of Hebron College in Nebraska. In 1938, Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on him. He retired as professor emeritus from Hebron College in 1941. Sources: Erickson, p. 254 Findagrave, accessed 14 Nov 2016 Hustad, p. 213 Stulken, p.… Go to person page >

Author: Franz Graf Pocci

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First Line:	O holy child we welcome Thee
Title:	O Holy Child, We Welcome Thee
German Title:	O heil'ges Kind wir grüßen dich
Author:	Franz Graf Pocci
Translator:	H. Brueckner
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain