Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#20b

20b. From east to west, from shore to shore

1 From east to west, from shore to shore,
Let every heart awake and sing
The holy Child whom Mary bore,
The Christ, the everlasting King.

2 Behold, the world's Creator wears
The form and fashion of a slave;
Our very flesh our Maker shares,
His fallen creature, man, to save. A-men.

3 For this how wondrously he wrought!
A maiden, in her lowly place,
Became, in ways beyond all thought,
The chosen vessel of his grace.

4 And while the angels in the sky
Sang praise above the silent field,
To shepherds poor the Lord most high,
The one great Shepherd, was revealed.

5 All glory for this blessèd morn
To God the Father ever be;
All praise to thee, O Virgin-born,
All praise, O Holy Ghost, to thee.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: From east to west, from shore to shore
• Author: Coelius Sedulius, c. 450
• Translator: John Ellerton, 1826 - 93
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Christmas
• Notes: This hymn may also be sung to O JESU CHRIST, MEIN LEBENS LICHT (No. 376).

Tune Information

• Name: CHRISTUM WIR SOLLEN LOBEN SCHON
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: e minor
• Source: Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1535.