Scripture Verse

Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. Luke 2:15

Introduction

Words: Ar­thur T. Rus­sell, Psalms and Hymns (Cam­bridge, Eng­land: John Deigh­ton, 1851), num­ber 70, alt.

Music: Quem Pas­tor­es me­lo­dy in a ma­nu­script from Hoh­en­furth (now Vyš­ší Brod, Czech­ia), 1410 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Rus­sell (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

With the shep­herds, ado­ra­tion
Let us bring to our Sal­va­tion,
Jesus, hope of ev­ery na­tion:
Fear ye not, the an­gels say.

Lo! the King of glo­ry tak­eth
Mortal flesh: with us He mak­eth
His abode: to praise awak­eth
Heav’n up­on His na­tal day.

See the east­ern sag­es pour­ing
At His feet their gifts ad­or­ing:
More He is to them re­stor­ing:
Now to Him our hearts we bring.

Now to Je­sus, through whose mer­it
We eter­nal joys in­her­it,
With the Fa­ther and the Spir­it,
Let us thanks and prais­es sing.