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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
Gm
About this Hymn
One of the oldest surviving Latin hymns, by a master of the craft, Ambrose of Milan, translated into German by another master, Martin Luther, and later into English, this text rhetorically beckons Jesus to make this place his home. At the time it was important for Ambrose to affirm both Jesus' divine conception and his earthly mother. It also speaks of the ultimate victory of Jesus and his rightful place as ruler of heaven.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Savior of the nations, come; virgin's Son, make here thy home! Marvel now, O heav'n and earth, that the Lord chose such a birth.
Verse 2
Not by human flesh and blood, but the Spirit of our God, was the Word of God made flesh— woman's offspring, pure and fresh.
Verse 3
Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child of the virgin undefiled! Though by all the world disowned, still to be in heav'n enthroned.
Verse 4
From the Father forth he came and returneth to the same, captive leading death and hell— high the song of triumph swell!
Verse 5
Thou, the Father's only Son, hast o'er sin the vict'ry won. Boundless shall thy kingdom be; when shall we its glories see?
Verse 6
Brightly doth thy manger shine, glorious in its light divine. Let not sin o'ercloud this light, ever be our faith thus bright.
Verse 7
Praise to God the Father, sing, praise to God the Son, our King. Praise to God the Spirit be ever and eternally.
Savior of the nations, come; virgin's Son, make here thy home! Marvel now, O heav'n and earth, that the Lord chose such a birth.
Verse 2
Not by human flesh and blood, but the Spirit of our God, was the Word of God made flesh— woman's offspring, pure and fresh.
Verse 3
Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child of the virgin undefiled! Though by all the world disowned, still to be in heav'n enthroned.
Verse 4
From the Father forth he came and returneth to the same, captive leading death and hell— high the song of triumph swell!
Verse 5
Thou, the Father's only Son, hast o'er sin the vict'ry won. Boundless shall thy kingdom be; when shall we its glories see?
Verse 6
Brightly doth thy manger shine, glorious in its light divine. Let not sin o'ercloud this light, ever be our faith thus bright.
Verse 7
Praise to God the Father, sing, praise to God the Son, our King. Praise to God the Spirit be ever and eternally.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Ambrose of Milan, 4th c.; Martin Luther, 1524; tr. composite
Music: Plainchant, adapt. Martin Luther, 1524; harm. Seth Calvisius, 1597
Music: Plainchant, adapt. Martin Luther, 1524; harm. Seth Calvisius, 1597