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Let Our Gladness Have No End

Representative Text

1 Let our gladness have no end, Hallelujah!
for to earth did Christ descend. Hallelujah!

Refrain:
On this day God gave us
Christ, the Son, to save us;
Christ, the Son, to save us.

2 Prophesied in days of old, Hallelujah!
God has sent Him as foretold. Hallelujah! [Refrain]

3 See the loveliest blooming rose, Hallelujah!
from the branch of Jesse grows. Hallelujah! [Refrain]

4 Into flesh is made the Word, Hallelujah!
our true refuge and our Lord. Hallelujah! [Refrain]

Source: Evangelical Lutheran Worship #291

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Let our gladness have no end
Title: Let Our Gladness Have No End
Translator: Anonymous
Meter: 7.4.7.4 with refrain
Source: Bohemian, 15th cent.
Language: English
Refrain First Line: On this day God gave us
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #3885
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  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)
TextAudio

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #291

Hymnal #198

Text

Lutheran Service Book #381

Text

Lutheran Worship #69

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #3885

The Summit Choirbook #24

Include 7 pre-1979 instances
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