Stand up, dear children
Stand up, dear children, is a hymn that Erasmus Alberus composed before 1553. It was published by Nikolaus Herman around 1560 . The dates from the 15th century.
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The song published in 1556 in the collection " The morning songs for the children, recently brought together ... " unfolds the biblical words Wake up, you sleep, and rise from the dead, and Christ will enlighten you ( Eph 5 : 8-14 LUT ).
At the beginning of the song (1 and 3) in addressing the church (children), the song formulates the coming of Christ, who is described in the following stanzas as the shining light . The song ends (9) in a final hymn of praise from the congregation.
Verse 1 begins programmatically with the wake-up call and goes over to the morning star , which illuminates the world as bright as day. Welcome greetings in the spirit of Advent unfold this. The first (stanza 2-3) addresses the beautiful star , which, alluding to the star of Bethlehem in stanza 3, brings the knowledge and the word of Christ, Son of Mary. Verses 4 and 5 portray him as the morning star and God's word. The stanzas 4, 5 and 7 reinforce the Reformation that the morning star itself is God's word . The stanzas 4 to 6 characterize the nocturnal darkness as a life-threatening power that needs to be driven out. Verse 6 welcomes the day, which for Alber is also an image of Christ (see his evening song Christe, you are the bright day ) and finally the awaiting church welcomes it as the sun, the light of the world.
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1. Stand up, dear children!
The morning star with a bright glow
can be seen freely like a hero
and shines out into the whole world.
2. Be welcome to us, beautiful star,
you bring us Christ, our Lord,
who is our dear Savior,
because you are to be praised highly.
3. By this star you children should
recognize Christ, our Lord, the
Son of Mary, the faithful refuge,
who shines for us with his word.
4. God's word, you are the morning star,
we cannot do without yours at all,
you must always shine for us,
otherwise we will even sit in the dark.
5. Shine clear to us with your shine
and reveal Jesus Christ ',
chase
violence out of the darkness so
that the love does not grow cold in us.
6. Welcome to us, dear day,
before you may not stay the night.
Shine
finely in our hearts
with your heavenly glow.
7. O Jesus Christ, we wait for your,
your holy word shines so finely on us.
At the end of the world don't stay long
and lead us to your father's house.
8. You are clear to the dear sun,
whoever believes in you is truly
a child of eternal bliss,
which is ready for your Christians'.
9. We thank you, we praise you
here in time and there for ever
for your great mercy
from now to forever.
The song can be found as a morning song and an Advent song in the Evangelical Hymnal (EG 442).
literature
- Johannes Kulp: Stand up, you dear little children. In: Arno Büchner, Siegfried Fornaçon (ed.): The songs of our church. A handout for the Protestant church hymn book . Handbook for the Evangelical Church Hymnal. Special tape. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1958, p. 525.
- Daniela Wissemann-Garbe: 442 - Stand up, you dear children . In: Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 25 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-50348-5 , pp. 79–84 , doi : 10.13109 / 9783666503481.79 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
- Stand up dear children at hymnary.org
Remarks
- ↑ The prophetic word that we have now stands all the more firmly to us, and you do well to pay attention to this as to a light that shines in a dark place until the full day breaks and the morning star rises in your hearts ( 2 Pet 1.19 LUT )
- ↑ For you were once darkness; but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light; ( Eph 5,8 LUT )