1 Let all together praise our God
Upon his lofty throne,
For he uncloses heaven today
And gives to us his Son,
And gives to us his Son.
2 He lays aside his majesty
And seems as nothing worth,
And takes on him a servant's form,
Who made the heaven and earth,
Who made the heaven and earth.
3 Behold the wonderful exchange
Our Lord with us does make!
Lo, he assumes our flesh and blood,
And we of heaven partake,
And we of heaven partake.
4 The glorious gates of paradise
The angel guards no more;
This day again those gates unfold.
With praise our God adore,
With praise our God adore!
Nicolaus Hermann
Trans. by Arthur Tozer Russell
The Methodist Hymnal, 1964 edition
<idle musing>
Hmmm… I don't recall ever singing this hymn, and it only occurs in about fifteen hymnals, so I probably never even heard it. The translator also wrote a goodly number of hymns, none of which became very popular. Hymnary.org says that his "translations on the whole are vigorous and strong, but somewhat ultra-faithful to the original metres, etc."
</idle musing>
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