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E Av himlens hiijd oss kommet dr<br />

Av himlens htijd oss kommet dr<br />

ett bud, som frid till jorden biir:<br />

"Stor frdjd I skolen hiira fA,<br />

det eder grant biir akta pi.<br />

Ett bam iir ftttt pA denna dag,<br />

sA var Guds n6d och viilbehag.<br />

Det liiddes av en jungfru skdr.<br />

Kristus, Guds Son, det bamet iir.<br />

SA miirken nu det tecknet riitt,<br />

I skolen finna viigen latt:<br />

I krubban rir det barnet lagt,<br />

som har all vdrlden i sin makt".<br />

T! mi envar nu vara glad<br />

och ge med herdama Astad<br />

att se vad Gud har oss beskdrt<br />

och med sin ende Son Itiriirt.<br />

Viilkommen var, o Herre kiir!<br />

En giist nd.r oss du vorden iin<br />

I fattigdom Itir miinskors skuld<br />

du kom, och Gud dr oss nu huld.<br />

Ara ske Gud uppA sin tron,<br />

som oss har skiinkt sin ende Sorr.<br />

Nu miinskors rtist och tinglars kor<br />

lovsjunge den i hdjden bon<br />

@ Fiirunderligt och merkligt<br />

Fiirunderligt och miirkligt,<br />

om6jligt att ftirstA,<br />

men dock sA ljust och verkligt,<br />

och ljult att tiinka pA:<br />

Inunder tippen himmel<br />

pA biidd av stri och blad<br />

du finner, Herre Jesu,<br />

din ftirsta vilostad.<br />

22<br />

Cone To Us From Highest Heaven<br />

Cone to us from highest heaven<br />

A message, bringing peace to earth:<br />

'Great joy you shall hear<br />

That you should carefully attend to.<br />

A child is bom on this day,<br />

Such was God's grace and delight.<br />

It was bom of a pure virgin.<br />

Christ, the Son of God is the child.<br />

So follow the sign correctly<br />

And you will hnd the path is easy:<br />

The child is laid in a manger<br />

Ard has the whole world is his grasp.'<br />

For may everyone now be glad<br />

And follow the shepherds thence<br />

To see what God has given us,<br />

Who has granted us his only son.<br />

Welcome dear Lord!<br />

You have become our guest.<br />

In poverty for the sake of mankind<br />

You came, and God is most kind to us.<br />

Glory to God upon his throne,<br />

Who has sent us his only son.<br />

Now let the voice of men and angel choirs<br />

Sing praises to God on high.<br />

IVonderfully Strange<br />

Wonderfully strange,<br />

Impossible to understand,<br />

Yet so bright and real,<br />

So delightful to contemplate.<br />

Beneath the open sky<br />

On a bed of straw and leaves<br />

You find, Lord Jesus,<br />

Your first resting place.

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