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Christmas Is Here With Joy Untold

Author: B. S. Ingemann Meter: 8.8.9.8.8.8.9.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christmas is here with joy untold; Now young and old are rejoicing. What angels made known to men of old the lips of all babes are voicing; Branches from Eden's tree stands bright With lights that point to the Giver; All children whose joy is pure and right May harbor that joy forever. 2 Joy is a guest on earth today; It comes with Jesus from heaven. Come, gentle-eyed dove and sparrow gray To feasting this morn is given. Dance, little child, this festal morn, So rich in grace for each mortal; Today was our wondrous Savior born And opened His kingdom's portal. 3 Christ was a Child like you and me, And helpless lay in the manger. In Paradise where the angels be He welcomes each homesick stranger. He as our Lord among us lives Who rules all heaven's dominions. To those of a child-like faith He gives In Eden fair angel pinions. Topics: Christmas
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SEWEY

Meter: 8.8.9.8.8.8.9.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. E. F. Weyse Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 31353 12316 65432 Used With Text: Christmas Is Here With Joy Untold
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Christmas Is Here With Joy Untold

Author: B. S. Ingemann Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home #83 (1927) Meter: 8.8.9.8.8.8.9.8 Lyrics: 1 Christmas is here with joy untold; Now young and old are rejoicing. What angels made known to men of old the lips of all babes are voicing; Branches from Eden's tree stands bright With lights that point to the Giver; All children whose joy is pure and right May harbor that joy forever. 2 Joy is a guest on earth today; It comes with Jesus from heaven. Come, gentle-eyed dove and sparrow gray, To feasting this morn is given. Dance, little child, this festal morn, So rich in grace for each mortal; Today was our wondrous Savior born And open'd His kingdom's portal. 3 Christ was a Child like you and me, And helpless lay in the manger. In Paradise where the angels be He welcomes each homesick stranger. He as our Lord among us lives Who rules all heaven's dominions. To those of a child-like faith He gives In Eden fair angel pinions. Topics: Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: [Christmas is here with joy untold]
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Christmas Is Here With Joy Untold

Author: B. S. Ingemann Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #83 (1928) Meter: 8.8.9.8.8.8.9.8 Lyrics: 1 Christmas is here with joy untold; Now young and old are rejoicing. What angels made known to men of old the lips of all babes are voicing; Branches from Eden's tree stands bright With lights that point to the Giver; All children whose joy is pure and right May harbor that joy forever. 2 Joy is a guest on earth today; It comes with Jesus from heaven. Come, gentle-eyed dove and sparrow gray To feasting this morn is given. Dance, little child, this festal morn, So rich in grace for each mortal; Today was our wondrous Savior born And opened His kingdom's portal. 3 Christ was a Child like you and me, And helpless lay in the manger. In Paradise where the angels be He welcomes each homesick stranger. He as our Lord among us lives Who rules all heaven's dominions. To those of a child-like faith He gives In Eden fair angel pinions. Topics: Christmas Languages: English
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Christmas Is Here With Joy Untold

Author: D. G. M. Back; B. S. Ingemann Hymnal: American Lutheran Hymnal #617 (1930) Meter: 8.8.9.8.8.8.9.8 Lyrics: 1 Christmas is here with joy untold; Now young and old are rejoicing. What angels made known to men of old The lips of all babes are voicing; Branches from Eden's tree stand bright With lights that point to the Giver; All children whose joy is pure and right May harbor that joy forever. 2 Joy is a guest on earth today; It comes with Jesus from heaven. Come, gentle-eyed dove and sparrow gray, To feasting this morning is giv'n. Dance, little child, this festal morn, So rich in grace for each mortal; Today was our wondrous Savior born; And opened His kingdom's portal. 3 Christ was a child like you and me, And helpless lay in the manger. In Paradise where the angels be He welcomes each homesick stranger. He as our Lord among us lives, Who rules all heaven's dominions. To those of a child-like faith He gives In Eden fair angel pinions. Topics: Carols and Spiritual Songs Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: SEWEY
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Bernhard Severin Ingemann

1789 - 1862 Person Name: B. S. Ingemann Author of "Christmas Is Here With Joy Untold" in Hymnal for Church and Home Ingemann, Bernhardt Severin, was born at Thor Kildstrup, Island of Falster, May 28, 1789. From 1822 to his death in 1862, he was Professor of the Danish Language and Literature at the Academy of Sorö, Zealand, Denmark. He was a poet of some eminence. His collected works were pub, in 1851, in 34 volumes. Seven of his hymns translated into English are given in Gilbert Tait's Hymns of Denmark, 1868. The only hymn by him in English common use is:— Igjennem Nat og Traengael. Unity and Progress. It is dated 1825, and is given in the Nyt Tillaeg til Evangelisk-christelig. Psalmebog, Copenhagen, 1859, No. 502. In its translated form as "Through the night of doubt and sorrow," by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould, it has become widely known in most English-speaking countries. The translation was published in the People's Hymnal, 1861. It was greatly improved in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875, and has been specially set to music by several composers. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Bernhard Severin Ingemann

C. E. F. Weyse

1774 - 1842 Composer of "SEWEY" in American Lutheran Hymnal Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich; b. Mar. 5, 1774, Altona (now in W. Germany), d. Oct. 8, 1842, Copenhagen; Danish composer of German extraction
C. E. F. Weyse

G. D. M. Bach

Person Name: D. G. M. Back Translator of "Christmas Is Here With Joy Untold" in American Lutheran Hymnal
G. D. M. Bach
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