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| published = }} "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" is a 1744 Advent and Christmas carol common in Protestant hymnals. The text is attributed to Charles Wesley. It is performed to one of several tunes, including "Stuttgart" (attr. to Christian Friedrich Witt) and "Hyfrydol" (by Rowland Prichard). It is hymn number 66 in the Episcopal Church hymnal (set to "Stuttgart"); hymn number 196 in the United Methodist Hymnal (to "Hyfrydol"); hymns 1 (to "Stuttgart") and 2 (to "Hyfrydol") in the Presbyterian Hymnal; and hymn 254 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship, among others. == History == In 1744, Charles Wesley considered Haggai 2:7 and looked at the situation of orphans in the areas around him and the class divide in Great Britain. Through this, he wrote "Come, Thou long expected Jesus" based upon Haggai 2:7 and a prayer at the time which had the words: "Born Your people to deliver, born a child and yet a King, born to reign in us forever, now Your gracious kingdom bring. By Your own eternal Spirit, rule in all our hearts alone; by Your all sufficient merit, raise us to Your glorious throne. Amen." Wesley adapted this prayer into a hymn in 1744 and published it in his "''Hymns for the Nativity of our Lord''" hymnal. Wesley wrote "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" with the intent for people to remember Advent and Christmas as commemorating the Nativity of Jesus and preparing for the Second Coming.〔 "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" was the first of a number of Wesley's hymns that became known as the "Festival hymns" which were published outside of Methodism by German, John Frederick Lampe in 1746.〔 The hymn came into popular knowledge across Christian denominations in England via popular Baptist preacher, Charles Spurgeon. Spurgeon made a Christmas sermon in London in 1855 when he was 21 and included sections of "Come thou long expected Jesus" in it. He did this to illustrate his point that very few are "born king" and that Jesus was the only one who had been born king without being a prince. As a result of growing popularity, including in the Church of England and American hymnals, the hymn was first published in the "''Wesleyan Hymn Book''" in 1875 after having previously been excluded.〔 The reason why the hymn had originally been excluded from the hymn book was because there had been no officially suitable music intended for it before then. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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