Come, All Ye Faithful, Joyfully Triumphant

For Christmas

Words: Adeste Fideles, John Francis Wade (c. 1711/2-1786), circa 1743/4

Translator: Unknown

Source: Rev. Joseph Francis Thrupp, ed., Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship. (Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1853), #31, pp. 92-93.

HYMN XXXI.

Meter: P. M.

"Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass." - Luke ii. 15.

See: Adeste Fideles - Notes On The Carol
Adeste Fideles Translations

1. Come, all ye faithful, joyfully triumphant,
    Come ye to Bethlehem with one accord :
Born King of Angels, see the Infant Saviour ;
    O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord !

2. Yea, God of God, and Light of Light eternal,
    He the meek Virgin’s womb hath not abhorr’d :
True God of True God, Begotten, uncreated !
    O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord !

3. Sing, all ye angels, sing in exultation,
    High through the skies be His great Name ador’d:
Glory to God ! all glory in the highest !
    O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord !

4. Jeau, Redeemer! born this day to save us,
    Loud shall our songs of praise to Thee be pour'd:
Word of the Father ! now in flesh appearing!
    O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord !

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