ELHB Hymn 169
The new-born Child this early morn
M. Cyriacus Schneegass (1597)
Hymn Text
169. The new-born Child this early morn
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1 The new-born Child this early morn,
The dear Christ-child of virgin born,
Again brings from His heavenly home
A new year to all Christendom.
The dear Christ-child of virgin born,
Again brings from His heavenly home
A new year to all Christendom.
2 This causes joy to angels fair,
Who love to keep us in their care;
They sing that in this wondrous Child
God now with man is reconciled.
Who love to keep us in their care;
They sing that in this wondrous Child
God now with man is reconciled.
3 Since God is reconciled with men,
What harm can Satan do us then?
O'er Satan and the gates of hell
This Christ-child shall for us prevail.
What harm can Satan do us then?
O'er Satan and the gates of hell
This Christ-child shall for us prevail.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #169