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153: O Jesu. Christ! dein Kripplein ist.

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.

4. Thy manger is my paradise.

J. Kelly, 1867, p. 26.

Selected Stanza:

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