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 Translations in C. U.:—

{{fine block| 1. Angels, come on joyous pinion. By I. Williams, 1st pub. in his ''Hys. tr. from the Paris Brev., 1889, p. 128, in 6 st. of 6 l. In 1851 it was given, somewhat altered, by Dr. Rorison in his Hys. and Anthems'', No. 81. In the Anglican H. Bk., 2nd ed., 1871, No. 152, it is altered to "Come, once more with songs descending."

2. Heavenly choirs with anthems sweet. By R. Campbell, written in 1849 [{{asc|C. MSS.}}], and included in his collection commonly known as the St. Andrew's Hymnal, 1850, in 6 st. of 4 l. It is the most popular of the renderings of the "Adeste, Coelitum." In 1853 it was given, with alterations, and the omission of st. iii., in the Cooke and Denton Hymnal, No. 87. This was repeated by Kennedy, 1863, No 697, with the addition of "Alleluia," as a refrain to each verse, In the Appendix to the Hymnal N., enlarged ed., 1834, No. 88, st. iii. is restored; but the doxology is displaced in favour of a much weaker rendering. In Mr. Shipley's Annus Sanctus, 1884, the tr. is given from the Campbell {{sc|mss}}., and st. iii., vi., vii. are added by J. C. Earle.

3. Angels to our Jubilee. By W. J. Blew. 1st printed on a broadsheet for use in his church [{[asc|E. MSS.}}], and then in his ''Hy. and Tune Bk., 1852, in 8 st. of 4 l. This was repeated in the People's H., 1867, No. 119, and Rice's Sel. from Blew'', 1870, No. 50.

4. Come, ye heavenly Choirs descending. By Bp. J. R. Woodford, contributed to his Hymns, &c., 1852, No. 38, and republished in the Parish H. Bk., 1863 and 1875; Chope's Hymnal, 1864, No. 100, and other collections. It is in 6 st. of 4 l., of which st. v. is from I. Williams as above. }}

Adeste fideles laeti triumphantes. [Christmas.] As to the authorship and actual date of this hymn nothing positive is known. It has been ascribed to St. Bonaventura, but is found in no edition of his Works. Most probably it is a hymn of the 17th or 18th century, and of French or German authorship. The text appears in three forms. The first is in 8 st., the second, that in use in France, and the third the English use, both in Latin and English. The full text from Thesaurus Animae Christianae, Mechlin, (where it is given as a second sequence for Christmas and said to be "Ex Graduali Cisterciensi") is:—

Adeste, fideles, Laeti triumphantes; Venite, venite in Bethlehem; Natum videte Regem Angelorum: Venite adoremus Dominum.

Deum de Deo; Lumen de Lumine, Gestant puellae viscera Deum Verum, Genitum non factum: Venite adoremus Dominum.

En grego relicto, Humiles ad cunas, Vocati pastores approperant. El nos ovanti Gradu festinemus, Venite adoremus Dominum.

Stellâ duce, Magi Christum adorantes, Aurum, thus, et myrrham, dant munera. Jesu infanti Corda praebeamus: Venite adoremus Dominum.

Aeterni Parentis Splendorem Aeternum, Velatum sub carne videbimus, Deum infantem, Pannis involutum, Venite adoremus Dominum.

Pro nobis egenum Et foeno cubantem Piis foveamus amplexibus; Sic nos amantem Quis non гedameret? Venite adoremus Dominum.

Cantet nunc hymnos, Chorus Angelorum: Cantet nunc aula celestium, Gloria In excelsis Deo! Venite adoremus Dominum.

Ergo Qui natus Die hodiernâ, Jesu Tibi sit gloria: Patris Aeterni Verbum Caro factum! Venite adoremus Dominum

In the English and French centos there are various readings; but we need only note three—st. v., l. 1, Patris for "Parentis"; st. vii., l. 1, Io for "hymnos"; and rarely, exultans, for "nunc hymnos"; st. viii., l. 2. hodierno, for "hodiernâ:" and of these the second is probably the original text. The English cento is composed of st. i., ii, vii. and viii., and the French, generally of st. i, iii., v., vi., and, very rarely, st. iv. also. Towards the close of the last century it was sung both in England and in France at Benediction during Christmastide. As early as 1797 the hymn was sung at the Chapel of the Portuguese Embassy, of which Vincent Novello was organist, and the tune (ascribed by Novello to John Reading, organist of Winchester Cathedral, 1675–1681, and of the College to 1692) at once became popular. The use of the French cento may be gathered from the following rubric from the Nouveau Paroissien Nantais, Nautes, 1837:—

The hymn was so familiar that it is not printed in full.

We find st. i., iii., v., and vi., in the Office de St. Omer, St. Omers, 1822, in the Paroissien Complet du Diocèse d'Autun, Autun, 1837, in the Amiens Paroissien, 1844, in the Rouen Paroissien, Rouen, 1873, and in the Paroissien Romain, Paris,, but c. 1868, st. i., iii., iv., v. and vi., which are also in an undated Tours Paroissien. In the Paroissien Complet, Paris, of which the "Approbation" is dated July, 28th, 1827, the hymn is given in both the English and French forms. At p. 583 it occurs as, "Hymne Qui se chante, dans plusieurs églises de Paris pendant le temps de la Nativité;" this is the English form, with various readings, consisting of st. i., ii, vii., viii.; then follows, "Hymne pour le temps de Noël," the ordinary French version st. i., iii., v. and vi, and both also occur in ''A Coll. of Ps., H., Anthems, &c.'', Washington, 1830.

Translations in C. U.:—

1. Come, faithful all, rejoice and sing. Anon. in 4 st. of 5 l. in Every Families Assistant at Compline, Benediction, &c., 1789. Somewhat altered it was republished in G. L. Haydock's Coll, of Catholic Hys., 1823. In the Vespers: or, Evening Office of the Church, Dublin, 1808, it appeared as "Ye faithful souls, rejoice and sing." This is in use in a few Roman Catholic collections for Missions and Schools. In the Crown of Jesus H. Bk., it reads, "Ye faithful, come, rejoice and sing."

2. Ye faithful, approach ye. By F. Oakeley. This is a tr. of the English form of the Latin text. It was written in 1841 for the use of the congregation of Margaret Street Chapel, London, of which he was then the Incumbent. It was