V Jesus, who hast brought salvation, Healing balm for every nation, Thou our glory art and peace. Praise Thy glorious deeds shall mention, Who in humble condescension, Cam’st Thy servants to release. PUER NATUS IN BETHLEHEM The oldest form of this Christmas carol is found in a Benedictine Processional belonging to the beginning of the fourteenth century. I Zion is glad this glorious morn: A babe in Bethlehem is born. II See where He lies in manger low, Whose kingly reign no end shall know. III The ox and ass that filled the stall, Knew that the babe was Lord of all. IV Out from the east the sages bring Their treasures for an offering. V They humbly seek the lowly place, And worship there the King of grace: VI The Son of God, who made the earth, A virgin mother gave Him birth. VII No poison from the serpent stains The human blood that fills His veins; VIII And though our flesh He meekly wears, No mark of sin His nature bears; IX That He might man to God restore, And give the grace that once He wore. X Come while our hearts are full of mirth And bless the Lord of lowly birth. XI The Holy Trinity we’ll praise, And give our thanks to God always. HEU! QUID JACES STABULO, OMNIUM CREATOR? By Jean Momboir, with Johannes Mauburnus for the Latin, and John Mauburn for the English form of his name. Born in 1460 at Brussels; a Canon Regular of the Brethren of the Common Life in the Low Countries; died Abbot of the Cloister of Livry, not far from Paris, in 1502 or 1503. In his large work, the “Spiritual Rose-garden,” there is a rosary on the birth of Christ, consisting of thirteen stanzas, which commence, _Eja, mea anima, Bethlehem eamus_. The hymn beginning as above consists of three stanzas taken from that poem. The detached stanzas passed into many of the older German hymn-books, met with great favour in the early Reformed Churches, so long as the practice of singing Latin compositions survived among them, and still retain a place in some German hymnals in an old translation, with for opening line, _Warum liegt im Krippelein_. I (_Loquitur peccator_)