Text: Isaiah 60:1-7. Hymn: 343 from The Lutheran Hymnal.
Words and melody can be found in the supplement.
Many people do not find the name Phillipp Nicolai familiar yet recognize this tune.
I can understand why some of the text was updated: men generally do not like to admit their hearts are pining for a Bridegroom. The reference isn’t made to us personally but to the church, which is the bride in Ephesians 5:25-27.
Happy New Year!
TURRIE on 
Dan
First of all, Kantor Beethe’s intro needs to be published!
Secondly, this would make a great communion song even if it is not Epiphany. There is a ton of sacramental imagery in this hymn.
At my home church back in the day, we alternated communion hymns between TLH 305 and TLH 315. This would be a nice hymn to add to the communion hymnody of a congregation.
Yeah, he really did a great job on this one. It was almost like The Who. I’m going to have to work on my Roger Daltrey voice.
It’s a great hymn all around, one that leaves its melody with another of other hymns.
I appreciate the kind words, Iggy, and I’m glad you liked it. It’s really not as hard to do as it might sound, and I think you could replicate it fairly easy. But I won’t give my secrets away right now…gotta keep an edge somehow right?
And Dan, I guess I need to work on incorporating “Baba O’Reilly” into a hymn introduction…it sounds kind of classical anyway, just on a different instrument…hmmm…
There you go…find the strongest Lutheran doctrinal hymn, put it in the intro, maybe a bridge or two, and even those who prefer CCM will want to listen to it.
LOL! If you both go back to using your aliases, you can cover the song, “Who……are you? Who, who? Who, who?”