Text: | Savior of the Nations, Come |
Author (attributed to): | Ambrose of Milan, 340-397 |
Author (German version): | Martin Luther, 1483-1546 |
Translator (st. 7): | Gifford A Grobien, b. 1973 |
Translator (sts. 1-2): | William M. Reynolds, 1812-76 |
Translator (sts. 4-5, 8): | F. Samuel Janzow, 1913-2001 |
Tune: | NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND |
1 Savior of the nations, come,
Virgin's Son, make here Your home!
Marvel now, O heav'n and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
2 Not by human flesh and blood,
By the Spirit of our God,
Was the Word of God made flesh --
Woman's offspring pure and fresh.
(sts. 3-8 copyrighted)
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First Line: | Savior of the nations, come |
Title: | Savior of the Nations, Come |
Author (attributed to): | Ambrose of Milan, 340-397 |
Author (German version): | Martin Luther, 1483-1546 |
Translator (sts. 1-2): | William M. Reynolds, 1812-76 |
Translator (sts. 4-5, 8): | F. Samuel Janzow, 1913-2001 |
Translator (st. 7): | Gifford A Grobien, b. 1973 |
Meter: | 77 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Source: | Lutheran Service Book, 2006 (Tr. sts. 3, 6) |
Copyright: | Sts, 3, 6-7 © 2006 Concordia Publishing House; Sts. 4,5, 8 © 1978 Concordia Publishing House |
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Name: | NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND |
Meter: | 77 77 |
Key: | g minor |
Source: | Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn,, Wittenberg, 1524, ed. Johann Walter; Lutheran Service Book, 2006 (Setting) |
Copyright: | Setting © 2006, Concordia Publishing House |