Beautiful Savior (Fredrik Melius Christiansen)

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•  Posted on 2026-03-21(Posted 2026-03-21)  CPDL #88703:   

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2026-03-21).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 71 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: from the 1919 edition

General Information

Title: Beautiful Savior
Composer: Fredrik Melius Christiansen
Lyricist: Joseph A. Seiss
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1919
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Beautiful Savior,
King of creation,
Son of God and Son of Man.
Truly I’d love thee,
Truly I’d serve thee,
Light of my soul, my joy, my crown.

Fair are the meadows,
Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in flowers of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer,
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing.

Fair is the sunshine,
Fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels in the sky.