LYRICS
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7
| Writer(s): | of Milan. Ambrose
| Transl/Adapt: | Martin Luther & William J. Reynolds
| Dates: | c.397,1523,1851
| Bible Refs: | Ps 67:1-2
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 1996
| 90
| Hymnal - A Worship Book
| 1992
| 173
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 14
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 54
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 295
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 165
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 214
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MUSIC
| Name: | NUN KOMM DER HEIDEN HEILAND
| | Meter: | 7 7 7 7
| Writer(s): | Enchiridion Oder Handbüchlein & Johann Sebastian Bach
| Dates: | 1524
|  Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 90
| No key
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 165
| No key
| | | 1. Savior of the nations, come;
Virgin’s Son, here make 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. Thus on earth the Word appears,
gracing his created spheres;
hence to death and hell descends,
then the heavenly throne ascends.
4. Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child
Of the virgin undefiled!
Though by all the world disowned,
Still to be in heaven enthroned.
5. From the Father forth He came
And returneth to the same,
Captive leading death and hell
High the song of triumph swell!
6. Thou, the Father’s only Son,
Hast over sin the victory won.
Boundless shall Thy kingdom be;
When shall we its glories see?
7. Brightly doth Thy manger shine,
Glorious is its light divine.
Let not sin o’ercloud this light;
Ever be our faith thus bright.
8. Praise to God the Father sing,
Praise to God the Son, our King,
Praise to God the Spirit be
Ever and eternally.
9. **alt verses***
10. Wondrous birth! Oh wondrous child
of the Virgin undefiled!
Mighty God and Mary’s son,
eager now his race to run!
11. Come, O Father’s saving Son,
who o’er sin the victory won.
Boundless shall your kingdom be;
grant that we its glories see.
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