Glory to God ‎#102

102. Savior of the Nations, Come

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Text Information

• First Line: Savior of the nations, come
• Title: Savior of the Nations, Come
• Author (attributed to): Ambrose of Milan (4th cent.)
• Paraphraser (German): Martin Luther (1523)
• Translator (Stanza 1, English): William Morton Reynolds (1850, alt.)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 68:18
  ;
  Proverbs 8:24
  ;
  Luke 2:6-7
  ;
  Ephesians 4:8
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Advent
• Source: English trans. stanzas 2–4, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, 2006
• Copyright: English Trans. St. 2–4 © 2006 Augsburg Fortress

Tune Information

• Name: NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND
• Harmonizer: Sethus Calvisius (1594)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Key: g minor
• Source: Erfurt Enchiridion, 1524

Text Information:

Though some hymns attributed to Ambrose are doubtful, this one seems rather surely to be by him. Luther’s German version (commemorated in the tune name) dropped one syllable from each line of the Latin text, giving the hymn its characteristically declarative Lutheran form.