From Heaven Above To Earth I Come

Tune: Vom Himmel Hoch · Meter 8 8 8 8

1 From Heaven above to earth I come, To bear good news to every home; Glad tidings of great joy I bring, Whereof I now will say and sing.

2 To you, this night, is born a Child Of Mary, chosen mother mild; This tender Child of lowly birth, Shall be the joy of all your earth.

3 'Tis Christ our God, Who far on high Had heard your sad and bitter cry; Himself will your Salvation be, Himself from sin will make you free.

4 He brings those blessings long ago Prepared by God for all below; That in His heavenly kingdom blest You may with us forever rest.

5 These are the tokens ye shall mark, The swaddling clothes and manger dark; There shall ye find the young Child laid, By Whom the heav'ns and earth were made.

Words: Martin Luther (1483–1546); translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878)
Music: Leipzig, 1539 from Schumann's Geistliche Lieder; setting by unknown
Scripture: Lk 2:6-20, Jn 3:16-18, Rom 5:8
Public domain. From the Open Hymnal Project.