Here’s a rough demo of a Christmas tune we began singing in 2021 at Parish Presbyterian Church.
O Savior Dear
Text: Paul Gerhardt, 1653, tr. Paul Kretzman, 1930, alt. 2021.
Music: O JESU CHRIST, DEIN KRIPPLEIN IST, Johann Crüger, 1656, alt. Henry C. Haffner, 2021.
O Savior dear, Thy manger here
my soul shall call a paradise of glory.
Here Thou, O Lord, incarnate Word
dost lie as prophets told in ancient story.
The wind and sea are calmed by Thee,
Thou art enthroned as King in highest heaven;
And yet Thy dress is lowliness,
Thou as an infant small to us art given.
What though our foe would bring us low?
His deadly anger can no more appall us.
Though Adam’s fall has tainted all,
Thy saving grace to glory doth recall us.
Let others hold their wealth of gold,
Thou truly has a more abiding treasure;
Rejoice and sing, thy praises bring
to Him who blesseth thee in fullest measure.