1. There came a message from the sky: God has the earth befriended, His Son who dwells in heaven high, By angel hosts attended, Will now your flesh and blood put on As David's Son; Your wretched state is ended.
2. It first to Nazareth did come By Gabriel expounded; To Mary, in her humble home, So wonderful it sounded: O Mary, hail, thou shalt not fear, The Lord is near, To thee hath grace abounded!
3. Thou shalt a Son conceive and bear, Who is the Prince of heaven, Who shall to David's throne be heir And Jacob's house be given; He shall extend to ev'ry race His reign of grace, His kingdom, like a leaven.
4. The Holy Spirit shall to thee His boundless power render, Abundant shall the mercy be From Him, thy strong Defender; This child is therefore from above, Whom thou shalt love As mother kind and tender.
5. Come, Christmas Child, and be my guest, Give me Thy Holy Spirit, Prepare my heart and make it blest Forever through Thy merit, That I at last may dwell with Thee, Thy kingdom see, And all its gifts inherit.
Words: Thomas Hansen Kingo, 1689. Translated by Paul Christian Paulsen, 1927.
Music: 'Esbjerg' Hartnack Otto Conrad Zinck, 1801.
Setting: "Hymnal for Church and Home" (Danish Evangelical Lutheran Synods), 1927.
copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2025 Revision.
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