O God and Father of all fathers [parents], teach us!
O God and Father of all children, teach us!
O Lord of lords, teach us!
O Spirit, Teacher of Truth, teach us,
that we may join ourselves to the Holy Child Jesus,
follow his example in all that we do,
grow in spirit, grace, and truth,
for the benefit of all Christians,
that together we children may adorn your Church and your Name.
O Lord God, teach us this!
— Johannes Zwick (1496—1542), translated by TMS from the Alsatian Evangelical Songbook [Evangelisches Gesangbuch für Elsasz] (Lothringen [i.e., Lorraine], 1907) p. 498.
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