Scripture Verse

With…a mul­ti­tude of the heav­en­ly host prais­ing God, and say­ing, Glory to God in the high­est, and on earth peace, good will to­ward men. Luke 2:13–14

Introduction

Words: Ano­ny­mous, in Un­ser Lied­er­buch, ed­it­ed by E. Lin­der (Read­ing, Penn­syl­van­ia: Pil­ger Buch­hand­lung, 1893), num­ber 16 (Wei­nacht­en ist da!). Trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Fred­er­ick W. Herz­ber­ger in the Christ­mas Song Book, com­piled by Ad­olf T. Han­ser (Buf­fa­lo, New York: Dahl­ke Pub­lish­ing, 1918), num­ber 13, alt.

Music: J. N Scheel, 1893 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Scheel’s full name, or where to get a good pic­ture of him or Herz­ber­ger (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Glad Christ­mas is here, is here,
Hallelujah, hal­le­lu­jah!
My heart leaps re­joic­ing this thrice ho­ly night,
With an­gel choirs voic­ing sweet songs of de­light.
Glad Christ­mas is here, hal­le­lu­jah!

The Christ-child is here, is here,
Hallelujah, hal­le­lu­jah!
In mer­cy to save us and make us His own,
In love to em­brace us and lead to His throne.
The Christ-child is here, hal­le­lu­jah!

Jehovah is here, is here,
Hallelujah, hal­le­lu­jah!
A lit­tle child comes He to com­fort us all.
Then come ye re­joic­ing to Beth­le­hem’s stall.
Jehovah is here, hal­le­lu­jah!

All Heav­en is here, is here,
Hallelujah, hal­le­lu­jah!
Where an­gels ad­or­ing the Christ-child at­tend,
Our glad way to Heav­en we sin­ners can wend,
All Heav­en is here, hal­le­lu­jah!