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| Text: | This Night A Wondrous Revelation |
| Author: | C. F. Nachtenhoefer |
| Translator: | Anna Hoppe |
| Tune: | ELBE |
| Composer: | Johann Balthasar König |
1 This night a wondrous revelation
Makes known to me God’s love and grace;
The Child that merits adoration
Brings light to our benighted race,
And though a thousand suns did shine,
Still brighter were that Light divine.
2 The Sun of grace for thee is beaming;
Rejoice, my soul, in Jesus’ birth!
The light from yonder manger streaming
Sends forth its rays o’er all the earth.
It drives the night of sin away
And turns our darkness into day.
3 This light, which all thy gloom can banish,
The bliss of heaven glorifies;
When sun and moon and star shall vanish,
Its rays shall still illume the skies;
Thine eyes thro' all eternity
The glory of that Light shall see.
4 O Jesus, precious Sun of gladness,
Fill Thou my soul with light, I pray!
Dispel the gloomy night of sadness,
And teach Thou me this Christmas day
How I a child of light may be,
Aglow with light that comes from Thee.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | This night a wondrous revelation |
| Title: | This Night A Wondrous Revelation |
| Translator: | Anna Hoppe |
| Author: | C. F. Nachtenhoefer (1624) |
| Meter: | 9 8 9 8 8 8 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1930 |
| Topic: | The Church Year: Christmas |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ELBE |
| Composer: | Johann Balthasar König (1738) |
| Meter: | 9 8 9 8 8 8 |
| Key: | F Major |
| Source: | German chorale: O dass ich tausend Zungen haette |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |