Rejoice in the Lord ‎#399

399. We Come unto Our Savior God

1 We come unto our Savior God
with each past generation;
th’eternal arms, their dear abode,
we make our habitation.
We bring thee, Lord, the praise they brought;
we seek thee as thy saints have sought
in ev'ry generation.

2 Their joy unto their Lord we bring,
their song to us descendeth;
the Spirit who in them did sing
to us his music lendeth;
his song in them, in us, is one;
we raise it high, we send it on—
the song that never endeth.

3 Ye saints to come, take up the strain,
the same sweet theme endeavor;
unbroken be the golden chain!
Keep on the song forever!
Safe in the same dear dwelling place,
rich with the same eternal grace,
bless the same boundless giver!

Text Information

• First Line: We come unto our Savior God
• Title: We Come unto Our Savior God
• Author: Thomas H. Gill (1868, alt.)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8 8.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 10:4
• Topic: Beginning of Worship; Processional Hymns

Tune Information

• Name: NUN FREUT EUCH
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8 8.7
• Key: G Major
• Source: Geistliche Lieder (Wittenberg, 1535) (English 18th-century form of melody in)