Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring

Text by Godfrey Thring

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About this hymn

Date: 1864
Tune: Sieh, hier bin ich, Ehrenkoenig
Composer: 1698 from Geistreiches Gesangbuch Darmstadt
Key: D
Meter: 8 7 8 7 8 7

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Atonement, Christmas/Advent, Cloud, Comfort, Courage in Affliction, Forgiveness.

Mk 13:26 · Zech 9:9 · Lk 2:14 · Jn 14:18 · Mt 25:31-34

Musical background

Sieh, hier bin ich, Ehrenkoenig is presented in the source key of D, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Godfrey Thring, 1864. Music: 'Sieh, hier bin ich, Ehrenkoenig' from Geistreiches Gesangbuch Darmstadt, Germany, 1698. Setting: "Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book", 1931, alt. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2008 Revision.