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O Jesu. Christ! dein Kripplein ist.--(Goed. 153.)

[Christmas.]

At the Manger in Bethlehem. It appeared in Crü. Praxis, 1653, 1656, no. 101, in 15 stanzas.

English Versions:
1. Be not dismay'd--in time of need.

(Stanza XI) in the Moravian H. Bk., 1789, no. 236.

2. O blessed Jesus! This.

Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Ger., 1858, p. 18.

3. Jesus Christ! Thy cradle is.

Miss Manington, 1864, p. 41.

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4. Thy manger is my paradise.

J. Kelly, 1867, p. 26.

Selected Stanza:

Miss Winkworth in her Lyra Germanica, 1858, p. 18.

GOD WITH US.
Stanza 1. O Blessed Jesus! This
Thy lowly manger is
The Paradise where oft my soul would feed:
Here is the place, my Lord,
Where lies the Eternal Word
Clothed with our flesh, made like to us indeed.
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