Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,
Matthew 1:23God with us.
Words: Sarah Slinn, 1777. Appeared in the Gospel Magazine, July 1779.
Music: Monkland John Antes, in A Collection of Hymn Tunes Chiefly Composed for Private Amusement by John Antes, circa 1790. Arranged by John B. Wilkes in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861 (🔊 pdf nwc).
God with us! O glorious name!
Let it shine in endless fame:
God and man in Christ unite;
O mysterious depth and height!
God with us! the eternal Son
Took our soul, our flesh, and bone;
Now, ye saints, His grace admire,
Swell the song with holy fire.
God with us! but tainted not
With the first transgressor’s blot;
Yet did He our sins sustain,
Bear the guilt, the curse, the pain.
God with us! O wondrous grace!
Let us see Him face to face;
That we may Immanuel sing,
As we ought, our God and king!