Bifrost Arts’ album Salvation Is Created has an acoustic, alternative, indie vibe that creates a somewhat ethereal feel.
Out Of Heav’n Thou Dids’t Come Down takes an old word set, adds a stanza and rearranges the tune.
It’s not easy to get their music, but it’s good.
The lyrics.
1.
Out of  Heav’n Thou  dids’t come down,
Jesus, who to Earth descending.
Dids’t our nature with Thine own,
Join in union never ending.
Save us from the oppressor’s rod,
Oh, our brother and our God.
2.
Cleaves my soul to earth and dust,
Help me, Lord, I sink and perish.
Purge my heart of earthly lust,
Life divine with Thee I cherish.
Dweller in the manger Thou
Dwell Thyself within me now.
3.
Oh the pain that came to Thee,
Born to dwell with us a stranger.
Made Thy spirit cradle me,
in Thy palm secure from danger.
Stanzas 1 and 2 from “Welcome God’s and Mary’s Son” by Caspar Neumann, 1678.
Stanza 3 by Isaac Wardell
Melody: “Jesu, Meine Zuversicht” by Johann Cruger, 1648. by Caspar Neumann,678.
Arrangement by Isaac Wardell and Mason Neely
Arrangement by Bifrost Arts © 2009 New Jerusalem Music
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