Redeemer
Beautiful Savior
- Words:
- German Jesuits, published 1677. Translated by Joseph A. Seiss, 1873.
- Music:
- 'Crusader`s Hymn' Silesian folk song, 1842.
- Setting:
- Richard S. Willis, 1850.
- Metre:
- 5 5 7 5 5 8
- 1Beautiful Savior,King of CreationSon of God and Son of Man!Truly I'd love Thee,truly I'd serve Thee,Light of my soul, my joy, my crown.
- 2Fair are the meadows,Fair are the woodlands,Robed in the flow'rs of blooming spring;Jesus is fairer,Jesus is purer,He makes our sorr'wing spirit sing.
- 3Fair is the sunshine,Fair is the moonlight,Bright the sparkling stars on high;Jesus shines brighter,Jesus shines purerThan all the angels in the sky.
- 4Beautiful Savior,Lord of the nations,Son of God and Son of Man!Glory and honor,Praise, adorationNow and forevermore be Thine!
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1873, the words are in 148 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Crusader`s Hymn, is in 689 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.