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From Heaven Above to Earth I Come, a Christmas Carol by Martin Luther, with photos from Covenant Reformed Baptist Church (www.covenantcaswell.org)
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- From heaven above to earth I come,
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- To bear good news to every home, Glad tidings of great joy
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- I bring, Whereof I now will say and sing.
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- To you this night is born a child,
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- Of Mary chosen virgin mild,
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- This little child of lowly birth,
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- Shall be the joy of all the earth. This is the
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- Christ, our God most high, Who hears your sad and bitter cry,
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- He will Himself your Saviour be, From all your sins to set you free.
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- He will undo the gifts we sow, Prepared by God for all below,
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- That in His kingdom bright and fair, You may with us
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- His glory share. These are the signs that you shall mark,
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- The swaddling clothes and manger dark, There you will find the infant laid,
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- By whom the heavens and earth were made.
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- It will be to find it so,
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- Then with the shepherds let us go, To see what
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- God for us has done, In sending us
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- His own dear Son. My friends lift up your eyes,
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- And see what in the manger lies, Who is this child so young and fair,
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- The blessed Christ -child lieth there. Welcome to earth,
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- O noble guests, Through whom the sinful world is blessed.
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- You came to share my misery, That you might share your joy with me.
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- O Lord, thou who created all,
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- How weak art thou, how poor and small, That you should choose to lay your head,
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- Where humble cattle lately fed. Were earth a thousand times as fair,
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- Beset with gold and jewels rare, It would be far too poor and small,
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- A cradle for the Lord of all.
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- Instead of soft and silken stuff,
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- You have bought hay and straw so rough,
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- On which is kings so rich and great,
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- To be enthroned in royal state.
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- And so it pleases you to see,
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- This simple truth revealed to me, That worldly honor, wealth, and might,
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- Are weak and worthless in your sight.
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- O dearest Jesus, holy Child, Prepare a bed soft and defile,
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- A quiet chamber set apart, For you to dwell within my heart.
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- My heart, for merry joy doth beat,
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- My lips, no more can silence keep.
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- I too must sing with joyful tongue,
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- The sweetest ancient cradle song.
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- Glory to God in highest heav 'n,
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- Who unto us this song has giv 'n.
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- Our angels speak with loudest word,
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- Of what new year to call me home.