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Savior of the Nations, Come! (NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND) – Eight handbells

Advent is when we anticipate the coming of Jesus Christ in human form. Savior of the Nations, Come is a plea for the Savior to descend from heaven to set our world to rights.

Savior of the nations, come,
Virgin’s Son, make here Your home!
Marvel now, O heav’n and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.

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.

Tr. William Reynolds

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,
Der Jungfrauen Kind erkannt!
Dass sich wundre alle Welt,
Gott solch’ Geburt ihm bestellt.

Nicht von Mann’s Blut noch von Fleisch,
Allein von dem Heil’gen Geist
Ist Gott’s Wort worden ein Mensch
Und blüht ein’ Frucht Weibesfleisch.

Martin Luther, 1524

Hymn Tune: NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND
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Church Calendar: Christmas


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