The angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying,
Matthew 2:13Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.
Words: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795). Published posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818), number 45. Flight into Egypt.
Music: Canonbury, adapted from Nachtstück, Opus 23, No. 4, by Robert A. Schumann, 1839 (🔊 pdf nwc).
The Savior, of the virgin born,
Was in a humble manger laid,
He, Lord of all, our flesh assumed,
By whom the heav’ns and earth were made.
His life the tyrant Herod sought,
And every subtle art did try;
To worship Him he made pretense,
That he the Infant might destroy.
But power divine His life preserved,
And now He reigns above the sky;
To Him who once from Herod fled,
Now multitudes for safety fly.