Text:Come, Thou Savior of Our Race
Author:Ambrose of Milan
Translator (from German):W. M. Reynolds
Translator (from Latin to German):Martin Luther
Tune:HENDON
Composer:Henri Abraham César Malan
Media:MIDI file

1125. Come, Thou Savior of Our Race

1. Come, Thou Savior of our race,
Choicest Gift of heav’nly grace!
O Thou blessèd virgin’s Son,
Be Thy race on earth begun,
Be Thy race on earth begun.

2. Not of mortal blood or birth,
He descends from Heaven to earth;
By the Holy Ghost conceived,
God and man by us believed,
God and man by us believed.

3. Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child
Of the virgin undefiled!
Though by all the world disowned,
Still to be in Heaven enthroned,
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,
High the song of triumph swell!

5. Equal to the Father now,
Though to dust Thou once didst bow,
Boundless shall Thy kingdom be;
When shall we its glories see,
When shall we its glories see?

6. Brightly doth Thy manger shine!
Glorious in its light divine:
Let not sin o’ercloud this light,
Ever be our faith thus bright,
Ever be our faith thus bright.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Thou Savior of our race
Title: Come, Thou Savior of Our Race
German Title: Veni, Redemptor gentium
Author: Ambrose of Milan (ca. 397)
Translator (from Latin to German): Martin Luther (1523)
Translator (from German): W. M. Reynolds
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: American Lutheran General Synod's Collection, 1850
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HENDON
Composer: Henri Abraham César Malan (1827)
Meter: 77.77
Incipit: 11151 35433 33242
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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