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O Come, All Ye Faithful - Oasis Chorale

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"O Come, All Ye Faithful" by John F. Wade, sung by Oasis Chorale for their Hymns of the Church, Volume 4 recording project. Landscape photos by Dwight Stoltzfoos and Pheobe Beiler. For more information and recordings, visit: https://www.oasischorale.org/ Recorded at Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship in Ephrata, Pennsylvania July, 2021.
The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

O Come, All Ye Faithful

Words by Latin text attributed to John Francis Wade; English translation by Frederick OakeleyMusic by John Francis WadeWritten Tune ADESTE FIDELES

O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of angels;
Refrain:
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

God of God,
Light of Light,
Lo, He abhors not the Virgin's womb;
Very God,
Begotten, not created;

Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
Glory to God,
All glory in the highest;

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing;

Story Behind the Song

The Latin hymn 'Adeste fideles' is generally associated with John Francis Wade, an English Catholic music copyist working in the Jacobite community in France, who included it in manuscripts in the mid-eighteenth century. Frederick Oakeley translated it into English in the nineteenth century, producing the widely sung opening 'O come, all ye faithful.' The hymn became one of the standard Christmas hymns of English-speaking churches and is commonly sung to the tune ADESTE FIDELES.

Scripture

Found In

Hymns Ancient and Modern, The English Hymnal, Trinity Hymnal, Lutheran Service Book, The United Methodist Hymnal