Savior of the Nations, Come - Piano
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Duration: 3 minutes
Premiere: Calvary Church, Edina, MN - December 2017
Jonathan Posthuma, piano
Tune: NUN KOMM DER HEIDEN HEILAND, Enchiridia, Erfurt, 1524,harm. Seth Calvisius, 1594
Text: Ambrose, 4th Century, Martin Luther, 1523, tr. Calvin Seerveld, 1984
Premiere: Calvary Church, Edina, MN - December 2017
Jonathan Posthuma, piano
Tune: NUN KOMM DER HEIDEN HEILAND, Enchiridia, Erfurt, 1524,harm. Seth Calvisius, 1594
Text: Ambrose, 4th Century, Martin Luther, 1523, tr. Calvin Seerveld, 1984
Score and Recording
Program Notes and Lyrics
Written in December 2017 for Calvary Church in Edina, MN, this hymn narrates the entire liturgical calendar from Christ’s conception in Advent to his Ascension to the throne of heaven. The intricate accompaniment of sixteenth notes is relentless and underpins the dramatic character of each verse. Throughout the setting, the circle of fifths is used to highlight the cyclical nature of the text itself (which returns to “Praise to Christ, our newborn King!”) as well as the all-encompassing nature of the Holy Trinity’s redemptive plan throughout history.
1. Savior of the nations, come;
show yourself, the virgin’s son.
Fill with wonder, all the earth,
that our God chose such a birth.
2. Not by human power or seed
did the woman’s womb conceive;
only by the Spirit’s breath
was the Word of God made flesh.
3. Mary then was found with child,
still a virgin, chaste and mild.
God had favored her with grace
to receive the Prince of Peace.
4. Christ laid down his majesty,
passed through dark Gethsemane.
Though he left his Father’s home,
Christ now sits on God’s own throne.
7. Praise to you, O Lord, we sing.
Praise to Christ, our newborn King!
With the Father, Spirit, one,
let your lasting Kingdom come.
1. Savior of the nations, come;
show yourself, the virgin’s son.
Fill with wonder, all the earth,
that our God chose such a birth.
2. Not by human power or seed
did the woman’s womb conceive;
only by the Spirit’s breath
was the Word of God made flesh.
3. Mary then was found with child,
still a virgin, chaste and mild.
God had favored her with grace
to receive the Prince of Peace.
4. Christ laid down his majesty,
passed through dark Gethsemane.
Though he left his Father’s home,
Christ now sits on God’s own throne.
7. Praise to you, O Lord, we sing.
Praise to Christ, our newborn King!
With the Father, Spirit, one,
let your lasting Kingdom come.
Other Versions
Shannon Murphy performs "Savior of the Nations, Come" for a digital worship service for First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford on May 24, 2020.