O Come, All Ye Faithful
For Christmas
Words: Adeste Fideles, John Francis Wade (c. 1711/2-1786), circa 1743/4
Translation:
Frederick Oakeley,
altered by William Mercer
Other Translations:
Adeste, Fideles
Translations
Music: "Adeste fideles"
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Also referred to as the "Portuguese Hymn"
Source: William Mercer, The Church Psalter and Hymn Book. Volume 1. Canticles, Psalter, Hymns. (London: James Nisbet and Co., 1863), #38.
O come, all ye faithful,
Joyfully triumphant,
To Bethlehem hasten now with glad accord:
Lo! In a manger
Lies the King of angels
O come, let us adore him. Christ the Lord.
Though true God of true God,
Light of Light eternal.
The womb of a virgin he hath not abhorred:
Son of the Father,
No made, but begotten;
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Raise, raise, choirs of angels,
Songs of loudest triumph.
Through heaven's high arches be your praises poured:
Now to our God be
Glory in the highest;
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Amen, Lord, we bless thee,
Born for our salvation,
O Jesu, for ever be thy name adored:
Word of the Father,
Late in flesh appearing:
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Sheet Music: William Mercer, The Church Psalter and Hymn Book. Volume 1. Canticles, Psalter, Hymns. (London: James Nisbet and Co., 1863), #38.
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