"All Praise to Thee, Eternal God" by Dr. Martin Luther, 1483-1546 Text From: THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942), p. 65 All Praise to Thee, Eternal God 1. All praise to Thee, eternal God, Who, clothed in garb of flesh and blood, Dost take a manger for Thy throne, While worlds on worlds are Thine alone. Hallelujah! 2. Once did the skies before Thee bow; A virgin's arms contain Thee now, While angels, who in Thee rejoice, Now listen for Thine infant voice. Hallelujah! 3. A little Child, Thou art our Guest That weary ones in Thee may rest; Forlorn and lowly is Thy birth That we may rise to heaven from earth. Hallelujah! 4. Thou comest in the darksome night To make us children of the light, To make us in the realms divine, Like Thine own angels, round Thee shine. Hallelujah! 5. All this for us Thy love hath done; By This to Thee our love is won; For this our joyful songs we raise And shout our thanks in ceaseless praise. Hallelujah! ___________________________________________________ Notes: Hymn #80 from The Handbook to The Lutheran Hymnal Text: John 1:14 Author: Martin Luther, 1524, cento Translated by: unknown, 1858 Titled: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ Based on Latin sequence, 11th century German, st. 1, 1370 Tune: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Ancient melody, c. 1400 ________________________________________________________________ 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: allpraise.txt .