



                   "Savior of the Nations, Come"

                   by Martin Luther, 1483-1546

                                  Text From:

                       THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL

        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)







        1. Savior of the nations, come,

        Virgin's Son, make here Thy home!

        Marvel now, O heaven 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.



        3. Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child

        Of the Virgin undefiled!

        Though by all the world disowned,

        Still to be in heaven enthroned.



        4. From the Father forth He came

        And returneth to the same,

        Captive leading death and hell--

        High the song of triumph swell!



        5. Thou, the Father's only Son,

        Hast o'er sin the victory won.

        Boundless shall Thy kingdom be;

        When shall we its glories see?



        6. Brightly doth Thy manger shine,

        Glorious is its light divine.

        Let not sin o'ercloud this light;

        Ever be our faith thus bright.



        7. Praise to God the Father sing,

        Praise to God the Son, our King,

        Praise to God the Spirit be

        Ever and eteranally.



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        Notes:

        Hymn 95 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_

        Text: John 1: 14

        Author: St. Ambrose, +397

        German version translated by Martin Luther, 1524

        Translated by: William M. Reynolds, 1860, alt.

        Titled: Veni, Redemptor gentium

        Tune: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

        1st Published in: Geistliches Gesangbuchlein

        Town: Wittenberg, 1524, ad.

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