De entre las ciudades todas

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1 De entre las ciudades todas
La escogida fue Belén;
De ella nace un gran caudillo
Que gobierna a Israel.

2 A su cuna van los sabios,
Ricos dones a ofrecer,
Y le muestran su respeto,
Reconocimiento y fe.

3 El incienso a Dios proclama;
Oro se le ofrece al rey,
Y la mirra indica al hombre
Que ha venido a padecer.

4 ¡Mi Jesús, mi Dios, mi hermano,
Soberano, excelso rey!
Aunque pobre, yo mis dones
Hoy también quiero ofrecer.

5 Y en la vida y en la muerte
Todo tuyo quiero ser;
Reinas siempre con el Padre
Y el Espíritu. Amén.

Source: Culto Cristiano #32

Author: Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars

Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars was born in Benisa, Spain, April 23, 1837. He attended seminary in Valencia, studying Hebrew and Greek, and was ordained as a priest. He fled to Gibraltar in 1863 due to religious persecution where he abandoned Catholicism. He worked as a teacher and as a translator. One of the works he translated was E.H. Brown's work on the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican Church, which was his introduction to Protestantism. He was a leader of a Spanish Reformed Church in Gibraltar. He continued as a leader in this church when he returned to Spain after the government of Isabel II fell, but continued to face legal difficulties. He then organized the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church and was consecrated as bishop in 1894. He… Go to person page >

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First Line: De entre las ciudades todas
Author: Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Language: Spanish
Copyright: Public Domain

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STUTTGART was included in Psalmodia Sacra (1715), one of the most significant hymnals of the early sixteenth century [sic: eighteenth century]. Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, e. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of that collection; about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that c…

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