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CONTENTS
Introduction
Dr. Martin Luther's Preface to all good Hymn Books, 1543
FROM THE "EIGHT SONGS," Wittenberg, 1524.
I. - Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein. (1523)
"A Song of Thanksgiving for the great Benefits which God in
Christ has mainifested to us."
_DEAR CHRISTIANS, ONE AND ALL REJOICE._
TRANSLATION in part from R. Massie.
FIRST MELODY, 1524. Harmony by H. Schein, 1627.
SECOND MELODY from Klug's Gesangbuch, 1543. Harmony
by M. Praetorius, 1610. This choral is commonly known under
the title, "Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit," and, in a modified form,
in England and America, as "Luther's Judgment Hymn," from its
association with a hymn of W. B. Collyer, partly derived from the
German, and _not_ written by Luther.
II. - Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein.
PSALM XII - Salvum me fac, Domine.
_LOOK DOWN, O LORD, FROM HEAVEN BEHOLD._
TRANSLATION chiefly from Frances Elizabeth Cox, in
"Hymns from the German."
FIRST MELODY, 1524, is the tune of the hymn of Paul Speratus,
"Es ist das Heil uns kommen her," the singing of which under
Luther's window at Wittenberg is related to have made so deep an
impression on the Reformer.
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