LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Writer(s): | Jean-Baptiste de Santeuil
| Transl/Adapt: | Richard Ellis Roberts
| Dates: | 1686,1906
| Bible Refs: | Lk 9:28-29
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 233
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MUSIC
| Name: | VON HIMMEL HOCH
| | Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Geistliche Lieder & Johann Sebastian Bach
| | Dates: | 1539
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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 123
| No key
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 124
| No key
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 308
| C
| Hymns of Faith
| 149
| C
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 54
| C
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 100
| C
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 42
| C
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 126
| C
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| 1. An image of that heavenly light,
The goal the Church
keeps ay in sight,
Christ on the holy mount displays
Where He outshines
the sun’s bright rays.
2. Let every age proclaimer be
How, on this day, the chosen three
With Moses and Elias heard
The Lord speak
many a gracious word.
3. As witnesses to grace are nigh
Those twain, the Law and Prophecy;
And to the Son, from out the cloud,
The Father’s record thunders loud.
4. With garments whiter
than the snows,
And shining face, Lord Jesus shows
What glory for those saints shall be
Who joy in God with piety.
5. The vision and the mystery
Make faithful hearts
beat quick and high,
So on this solemn day of days
The cry goes up
of prayer and praise.
6. O God the Father, God the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Vouchsafe to bring us,
by thy grace,
To see thy glory face to face.
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