"To Shepherds as They Watched by Night" by Dr. Martin Luther, 1483-1546 Text From: THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942), p. 85 To Shepherds as They Watched by Night 1. To shepherds as they watched by night Appeared a host of angels bright; Behold the tender Babe, they said, In yonder lowly manger laid. 2. At Bethlehem, in David's town, As Micah did of old make known; 'Tis Jesus Christ, your Lord and King, Who doth to all salvation bring. 3. Oh, then rejoice that through His Son God is with sinners now at one; Made like yourselves of flesh and blood, Your brother is the eternal God. 4. What harm can sin and death then do? The true God now abides with you. Let hell and Satan rage and chafe, Christ is your Brother--ye are safe. 5. Not one He will or can forsake Who Him his confidence doth make. Let all his wiles the Tempter try, You may his utmost powers defy. 6. Ye shall and must at last prevail; God's own ye are, ye cannnot fail. To God forever sing your praise With joy and patience all your days. ____________________________________________________ TLH #103 from the Handbook to TLH Text: Luke 2: 10, 11 Author: Martin Luther, 1543 Translated by: Richard Massie, 1854, alt. Titled: Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar Tune: Puer nobis nascitur 1st Published in: "Geistliche Lieder," Wittenberg, 1543. _________________________________________________________________ This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg by Cindy A. Beesley and is in the public domain. You may freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith of the Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary. E-mail: smithre@mail.ctsfw.edu Surface Mail: 6600 N. Clinton St.,Ft. Wayne, IN 46825 USA Phone: (260) 481-2123 Fax: (260) 481-2126 ________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------- file: /pub/resources/text/wittenberg/hymns: shepherds.txt .