Epiphany
The Star Proclaims the King is Here
- Words:
- Coelius Sedulius, c. 450. German version by M. Luther, 1543. English translation by John Mason Neale, 1852.
- Music:
- 'Wo Gott Zum Haus' from Klug's Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1533.
- Setting:
- "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs", 1855, alt.
- Metre:
- 8 8 8 8
- 1The star proclaims the King is here;But, Herod, why this senseless fear?He takes no realms of earth awayWho gives the realms of heav'nly day.
- 2The wiser Magi see from farAnd follow on His guiding star;And led by light, to light they pressAnd by their gifts their God confess.
- 3Within the Jordan's crystal floodIn meekness stands the Lamb of GodAnd, sinless, sanctifies the wave,Mankind from sin to cleanse and save.
- 4At Cana first His pow'r is shown;His might the blushing waters ownAnd, changing as He speaks the word,Flow wine, obedient to their Lord.
- 5All glory, Jesus, be to TheeFor this Thy glad epiphany;Whom with the Father we adoreAnd Holy Ghost forevermore.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1852, the words are in 10 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Wo Gott Zum Haus, is in 38 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. 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.