Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder

"Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder" (literally: With seriousness, you Children of Man) is an Advent hymn by . It partly paraphrases the call to penitence by John the Baptist. The text was first published in 1642 in the collection Preußische Festlieder. The different melody that later became popular dates back to 1557.

Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder

"Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder" (literally: With seriousness, you Children of Man) is an Advent hymn by . It partly paraphrases the call to penitence by John the Baptist. The text was first published in 1642 in the collection Preußische Festlieder. The different melody that later became popular dates back to 1557.