29 (LIX.--"Lasst uns alle fröhlich sein.")
29.
Original Tune.
Lasst uns alle fröhlich sein
Anon., appears 1682
||:Let us all with gladsome voice Praise the God of heaven,:|| Who to bid our hearts rejoice His own Son hath given. | ||:Down to this sad earth He comes, Here to serve us deigning,:|| That with Him in yon fair homes We may once be reigning. | ||:We are rich, for He was poor, Gaze upon this wonder!:|| Let us praise God evermore, Here on earth, and yonder! . ||:Look on all who sorrow here, Lord, in pity bending,:|| Grant us now a glad New Year, And a blessed ending! | |