LET ALL TOGETHER PRAISE OUR GOD
Nikolaus Herman ~ Public Domain

Let all together praise our God
Before His glorious throne;
Today He opens hea'vn again
To give us His own Son,
To give us His own Son.

The Father sends Him from His throne
To be an infant small
And lie here poorly mangered now
In this cold, dismal stall,
In this cold, dismal stall.

Within an earth-born form He hides
His all creating light;
To serve us all He humbly cloaks
The splendor of His might,
The splendor of His might.

He undertakes a great exchange,
Puts on our human frame,
And in return gives us His realm,
His glory, and His name,
His glory, and His name.

He is a servant, I a lord:
How great a mystery!
How strong the tender
Christ child's love!
No truer Friend than He,
No truer Friend than He.

He is the key and He the door
To blessed paradise;
The angel bars the way no more.
To God our praises rise,
To God our praises rise.

Your grace in lowliness revealed,
Lord Jesus, we adore
And praise to God the Father yield
And Spirit evermore;
We praise You evermore.