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Hymnal Number
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About this Hymn
Draw near and listen to the gospel story as told through this traditional English carol: God created man and woman, but humanity lived as slaves to sin—that is, until a Redeemer came with good news and a pathway to salvation.
Lyrics
Verse 1
This is the truth sent from above,
the truth of God, the God of love;
therefore don't turn me from your door,
but hearken all, both rich and poor.
Verse 2
The first thing which I do relate
is that God did man create;
the next thing which to you I'll tell—
woman was made with man to dwell.
Verse 3
Thus we were heirs to endless woes,
till God the Lord did interpose;
and so a promise soon did run that
he would redeem us by his Son.
Verse 4
And at that season of the year
our blest Redeemer did appear;
he here did live, and here did preach,
and many thousands he did teach.
Verse 5
Thus he in love to us behaved,
to show us how we must be saved;
and if you want to know the way,
be pleased to hear what he did say.
This is the truth sent from above,
the truth of God, the God of love;
therefore don't turn me from your door,
but hearken all, both rich and poor.
Verse 2
The first thing which I do relate
is that God did man create;
the next thing which to you I'll tell—
woman was made with man to dwell.
Verse 3
Thus we were heirs to endless woes,
till God the Lord did interpose;
and so a promise soon did run that
he would redeem us by his Son.
Verse 4
And at that season of the year
our blest Redeemer did appear;
he here did live, and here did preach,
and many thousands he did teach.
Verse 5
Thus he in love to us behaved,
to show us how we must be saved;
and if you want to know the way,
be pleased to hear what he did say.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: A Good Christmas Box, 1847
Music: English folk melody, harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1912, rev. 1919
Music: English folk melody, harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1912, rev. 1919