Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
CHRISTMAS
109
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
C. M. D.
Luke 2: 11
Nahum Tate, 1700
Bethlehem
Gottfried W. Fink, 1842
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in
men
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