A beautiful Christmas carol which has long been ascribed to Martin Luther. However, many of our best hymnologists—among them Percy Dearmer, James Moffatt, and Robert McCutchan—hold that it has never been traced to any of Luther’s works, and that it does not resemble anything that Luther ever wrote. The words must, therefore, be classed “anonymous” until more information is forthcoming. _MUSIC._ The music, too, is of unknown origin. The name of the composer, Carl Mueller, to whom it is attributed, is German and the tune is in the style of a German folk song. Other than this there seems to be no information regarding the composer or the tune. EASTER 415. Joy dawned again on Easter Day _Latin_ _Tr. John Mason Neale_, 1818-66 The Latin original of this hymn comprises stanzas 9, 10, and 11 of _Aurora lucis rutilat_, one of the most ancient Easter hymns in existence. It is found in the earliest monastic hymnaries of the sixth to the ninth centuries with a wide diffusion in continental as well as Anglo-Saxon and Celtic sources. Its authorship is unknown. The Latin text may be found in _Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi_, v. 51, p. 89; A. S. Walpole, _Early Latin Hymns_, Cambridge University Press, 1922, p. 356; or _Hymns Ancient and Modern, Historical Edition_, London: Clowes, 1909, p. 199. _Aurora lucis rutilat_ Stanza 9. Claro paschali gaudio Sol mundo nitet radio, Cum Christum iam apostoli Visu cernunt corporeo. 10. Ostensa sibi vulnera In Christi carne fulgida Resurexisse Dominum Voce fatentur publica. 11. Rex Christe clementissime, Tu corda nostra posside, Ut tibi laudes debitas Reddamus omni tempore. Doxology Quaesumus, auctor omnium, In hoc paschali gaudio Ab omni mortis impetu Tuum defendas populum. Gloria tibi, Domine, Qui surrexisti a mortuis, Cum Patre et sancto Spiritu In sempiterna saecula. The full hymn was used at first as a morning hymn throughout the Easter season. Later it was broken up into parts for various services during the day, as follows: _Aurora lucis rutilat_, stanzas 1-4; _Tristes erant apostoli_, stanzas 5-8; _Claro paschali gaudio_, stanzas 9-11. A traditional double doxology of two stanzas which varies in form but which is always present, completes the third hymn. The subject matter follows the Biblical narrative of the events of Easter morning. The entire hymn was translated by John Mason Neale, _Collected Poems of John Mason Neale_, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914, pp. 121-122, and published in _The Hymnal Noted_, in 1852. The full translation which has been greatly altered may also be found in _Hymns Ancient and Modern_, pp. 198-199, in a traditional form.