"O Bride of Christ, Rejoice"
                       by  unknown author, c. 1600
                      Victor O. Petersen, 1864 -1929
                                Text From:
                   THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
            (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942)p.46



        1. O bride of Christ, rejoice;
        Exultant raise thy voice
        To hail the day of glory
        Foretold in sacerd story.
        Hosanna, praise, and glory!
        Our King, we bow before Thee.

        2. Let shouts of gladness rise
        Triumphant to the skies.
        Now comes the King most glorious
        To reign o'er all victorious:
        Hosanna, praise, and glory!
        Our King, we bow before Thee.

        3. He wears no kingly crown,
        Yet as a King is known;
        Though not arrayed in splendor,
        Hosanna, praise, and glory!
        Our King, we bow before Thee.

        4. The weak and timid find
        How meek He is and kind;
        To them He gives a treasure
        Of bliss beyond all measure.
        Hosanna, praise, and glory!
        Our King, we bow before Thee.

        5. Thy heart now open wide,
        Bid Christ with thee abide.
        He graciously will hear thee
        And be forever near thee.
        Hosanna, praise, and glory!
        Our King, we bow before Thee.

        6. Then go thy Lord to meet;
        Strew palm-leaves at His feet;
        Thy garments spread before Him
        And honor and adore Him.
        Hosanna, praise, and glory!
        Our King, we bow before Thee.

        7. E'en babes with one accord
        With thee shall praise the Lord
        And every Gentile nation
        Respond with exultation:
        Hosanna, praise, and glory!
        Our King, we bow before Thee.

        

        Notes:
        Hymn #57 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Luke 19:28-40
        Author: unknown, c. 1600
        Translated by: Victor O. Petersen, 1899
        Titled: "Fryd dig, du Kristi Brud"
        Tune: "Wo soll ich fliehen hin"
        1st Published in: _Der busafertige Suender_
        Town: Nuernberg, 1679