Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (Hymns That I Love - Christmas Edition)

This episode is a "Christmas Edition" episode that is part of the Hymns That I Love series and also accompanies the Songs Of The Season series (from 2021).  Join me as we again dive into the background, context, and timeless truths of a beloved hymn.   
 
LO, HOW A ROSE E'ER BLOOMING (HYMNS THAT I LOVE)

Watch Derek's recording here:  https://youtu.be/6HVbnazk_Ek

Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
Author unknown (German origins), translated by Theodore Baker with harmonization melody by Michael Praetorius.  

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming
As men of old have sung.
It came, a flower bright,
Amid the cold of winter
When half-gone was the night.

Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
The Rose I have in mind:
With Mary we behold it,
The virgin mother kind.
To show God's love aright
She bore to men a Savior
When half-gone was the night.

This Flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness everywhere.
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death He saves us
And lightens every load
From sin and death He saves us
And lightens every load