"O Jesus Christ, Thy Manger Is"
                   by Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676
                                  Text From:
                       THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. O Jesus Christ,
        Thy manger is
        My paradise at which my soul reclineth.
        For there, O Lord,
        Doth lie the Word
        Made flesh for us; herein Thy grace
        forthshineth.

        2. He whom the sea
        And wind obey
        Doth come to serve the sinner in great
        meekness.
        Thou, God's own Son,
        With us art one,
        Dost join us and our children in our
        weekness.

        3. Thy light and grace
        Our guilt efface,
        Thy heavenly riches all our loss
        retrieving.
        Immanuel,
        Thy birth doth quell
        The power of hell and Satan's bold
        deceiving.

        4. Thou Christian heart,
        Whoe'er thou art,
        Be of good cheer and let no sorrow move
        thee!
        For God's own Child,
        In mercy mild,
        Joins thee to Him;-how greatly God must
        love thee!

        5. Remember thou
        What glory now
        The Lord prepared thee for all earthly
        sadness.
        The angel host
        Can never boast
        Of greater glory, greater bliss or gladness.

        6. The world may hold
        Her wealth and gold;
        But thou, my heart, keep Christ as thy true
        Treasure.
        To Him hold fast
        Until at last
        A crown be thine and honor in full
        measure.

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        Notes:
        Hymn #81 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Luke 2: 7
        Author: Paul Gerhardt, 1653, cento
        Translated by: composite
        Titled: O Jesu Christ, dein Kripplein ist
        Composer: Johann Crueger, 1653
        Tune: O Jesu Christ, dein Kripplein
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