Text:The newborn Child this early morn
Author:M. Cyriacus Schneegass
Translator:Rev. Emanuel Cronenwett, D. D.
Tune:ALSTONE
Composer:Christopher Edwin Willing

46. The newborn Child this early morn

1 The new-born Child this early morn,
The dear Christ-child of virgin born,
Again brings from His heav'nly 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.

3 If God be reconciled with men,
What harm can Satan do us then?
O'er Satan, death, and gates of hell,
This Christ-child shall for us prevail.

4 He brings the year of jubilee!
Why doubt we yet despondently?
Cheer up! This is a joyous day,
The Christ-child drives all care away.

Text Information
First Line: The newborn Child this early morn
Author: M. Cyriacus Schneegass (1597)
Translator: Rev. Emanuel Cronenwett, D. D. (1880)
Meter: L. M. No. 1
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Church Year: New Year; New Year's Day
Notes: From the German text: Das neugeborne Kindelein
Tune Information
Name: ALSTONE
Composer: Christopher Edwin Willing (1868)
Meter: L. M. No. 1
Key: C Major



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